In the mid-1980s, the salaries of accounting professors with Ph.D.s increased dramatically. This resulted in an increase in enrollments in Ph.D. accounting programs

Since a Ph.D. degree in accounting may take at least four years to complete, the short-run elasticity of supply of accounting professors is
A) greater than the long-run-elasticity of supply.
B) less than the long-run elasticity of supply.
C) equal to the long-run elasticity of supply.
D) equal to the short-run elasticity of demand.


B

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