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Price Elasticity of Supply is the responsiveness of the quantity supplied to a change in price
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PES = % change is supply / % change in price
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Below is a photo summarizing all the types of price elasticity
- PES = 0 ; Change o=in price will have no effect on quantity supplied. Supply is perfectly inelastic. In the immediate time period supply curve is this.
- PES = infinity ; Perfectly elastic supply. any change in price will cause an infinite change in quantity supplied
- PES < 1; inelastic supply. less than proportionate change
- PES > 1; elastic supply; greater than proportionate change
- PES = 1; Unit elasticity; proportionate change.

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Factors affecting PES:
- Time period : Amount of time over which PES is measured . Longer the tie, greater the elasticity. Immediate time period: all FOPs fixed; perfectly inelastic. Short run: labour and resources not fixed; more elastic than immediate time period. Long run: can increase all FOPs so value of PES is the most elastic.
- Existence of unused capacity : If productive resources are not fully used, output can be increased easily without costs.
- Marginal Cost: The cost of producing one more unit, if high, PES will be inelastic, vice versa
- Mobility of FOPs: if FOPs can easily be switched from one productive use to another, then PES will be relatively inelastic.
- The ability to stock: If a firm is storing high levels of stock, it can react swiftly to a change in price and PES will be relatively more elastic