Microeconomics (9th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
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Author: Robert Pindyck, Daniel Rubinfeld
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2, Problem 5RQ
Explain why for many goods, the long-run price elasticity of supply is larger than the short-run elasticity.
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Microeconomics (9th Edition) (Pearson Series in Economics)
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