Compared to the short-run price elasticity of demand, the long-run price elasticity of demand is

A) smaller.
B) the same.
C) greater.
D) either greater than or less, depending on the number of substitutes the good has.

C

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Advocates of the active approach argue that even when there is a large contractionary gap,

a. the downward renegotiation of wages necessary to increase the short-run aggregate supply curve and real output may take a long time, and during this period of adjustment the public bears a high cost in terms of foregone economic output. b. the upward renegotiation of wages necessary to decrease the short-run aggregate supply curve and real output may take a long time, and during this period of adjustment the public bears a high cost in terms of foregone economic output. c. the upward renegotiation of wages necessary to decrease the short-run aggregate supply curve and real output may take a long time, and during this period of adjustment the public bears a high cost in terms of foregone economic output. d. the downward renegotiation of wages necessary to decrease the short-run aggregate supply curve and real output may take a long time, and during this period of adjustment the public bears a high cost in terms of foregone economic output.

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