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The Effect of Aggregation on Market Supply Elasticity
Consider a market with many individual firms, each with its own upward-sloping supply curve. Explain in detail why the market supply curve, which is the sum of all these individual curves, is typically flatter (more price-elastic) than the supply curve of any single firm. In your explanation, address how the required price change to induce a one-unit increase in output differs between a single firm and the market as a whole.
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The Effect of Aggregation on Market Supply Elasticity
An economist is studying a competitive market with many identical firms. They plot two supply curves on a graph with the same price and quantity scales: one for a single, typical firm and another for the entire market. The economist observes that the market supply curve is significantly flatter than the individual firm's supply curve. What is the most accurate conclusion to be drawn from this observation?