Question

In the short run or in shorter time periods supply curves tend to:_______

Answer 1

Answer:

b) be more inelastic than supply curves that apply to longer periods of time.

Explanation:

In Economics, there are primarily two (2) factors which affect the availability and the price at which goods and services are sold or provided, these are demand and supply. In order to understand both short-run economic fluctuations and how the economy move from short to long run, we need the aggregate supply and aggregate demand model.

Aggregate supply (AS) refers to the total quantity of output (goods and services) that firms are willing to produce and sell at a given price in an economy at a particular period of time.

An aggregate supply curve gives the relationship between the aggregate price level for goods or services and the quantity of aggregate output supplied in an economy at a specific period of time.

In the short run or in shorter time periods supply curves tend to be more inelastic than supply curves that apply to longer periods of time.

This ultimately implies that, a rightward shift in the aggregate supply (AS) curve causes output to increase and result in a price fall (lower price), in the short run.

However, in the long-run or in longer time periods, supply curves tend to be fairly elastic than supply curves that apply to shorter periods of time.