LONG RUN AGGREGATE SUPPLYLong run aggregate supply is determined by the productive resources available to meet demand and by the productivity of factor inputs (labour, land and capital). In the short run, producers respond to higher demand (and prices) by bringing more inputs into the production process and increasing the utilization of their existing inputs. Supply does respond to change in price in the short run. In the long run we assume that supply is independent of the price level (money is neutral) - the productive potential of an economy (measured by LRAS) is driven by improvements in productivity and by an expansion of the available factor inputs (more firms, a bigger capital stock, an expanding active labour force etc). As a result we draw
Improvements in productivity and efficiency cause the long-run aggregate supply curve to shift out over the years. This is shown in the diagram below. (см. ниже график)
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