5.7Â Â Essay: The Price Elasticity of Supply 1) What is the price elasticity of supply? List and briefly define three cases of the price elasticity of supply. 2) If the price elasticity of supply of corn is 3.12, then is the supply of corn elastic or inelastic? 3) List factors that increase the price elasticity of supply. 4) How does elasticity of supply differ for a product that can be stored, compared to a product that cannot be stored? 5) Natural gas is difficult to store. What implication does this fact have for the elasticity of supply of natural gas?