LONG RUN: In terms of the macroeconomic analysis of the aggregate market, a period of time in which all prices, especially wages, are flexible, and have achieved their equilibrium levels. In terms of the microeconomic analysis of production and supply, a period of time in which all inputs in the production process are variable.

     See also | macroeconomics | aggregate market | long-run aggregate market | equilibrium | flexible prices | product markets | financial markets | resource markets | labor market | shortage | surplus | production | short-run production | microeconomics | supply | economies of scale | diseconomies of scale | very long run | market period | labor | capital | law of diminishing marginal returns | fixed input | variable input |