Which will have a more price-elastic supply over six months

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1. You have been hired by the government of Kenya, which produces a lot of coffee, to examine the supply of gourmet coffee beans. Suppose you discover that the price elasticity of supply is 0.85. Explain this figure to the Kenyan government.

2. You have noticed that the price of tickets to your university's basketball games keeps increasing but the supply of tickets remains the same. Why might supply be unresponsive to changes in price?

3. Which will have a more price-elastic supply over six months: real estate in downtown Manhattan or real estate in rural Oklahoma? Explain your reasoning.

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