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CS & PS
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CONSUMER SURPLUS
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DEF
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The Δ between
- how much consumers is WILLING to pay
- how much they ACTUALLY pay when buying it
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ILLUSTRATION
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the area among
- DC
- the PRICE LINE
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FUNCTION
- measures how much the consumer gains from buying Gs
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effect
- the welfare of the buyers
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PRODUCER SURPLUS
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DEF
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The Δ between
- the market price
- the MIN price required for S to produce certain Gs
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ILLUSTRATION
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The are between
- SC
- the PRICE LINE
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FUNCTION
- measures how much the producer gains from selling Gs in Market
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effect
- the welfare of the suppliers
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ECON EFFICIENCY
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role
- measuring E performance
- assessing the impact of alternative government policies on the E
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assessment
- Deadweight loss: area A + B
- Negative PS & Negative CS
- efficient
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E of S
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DEF
- the responsiveness (sensitivity) of QS to a Δ in price of a product
- Es = % ΔQS / % ΔP
- The elasticity of S will be greater the longer the time period under consideration
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DETERMINANTS
- the number of producers
- the existence of spare capacity
- ease of storing stocks
- time lag
- factor mobility -- i.e.
- length of the production period -- i.e.
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E of D
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DEF
- the responsiveness (sensitivity) of QD to a Δ in one of the determinants of D (eg: price)
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INFLUENCES
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Δ PRICE
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determinants
- Number and closeness of substitutes
- Luxurious vs. Necessitive
- The expenditure as a proportion of Y
- Non-functional factors
- addictivity
- bandwagon effect etc.
- Time lag after a price change
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CALCULATION
- X can be Price, Y, or price of others
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CROSS PRICE
- Substitutes (+)
- Complementaries (-)
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Δ Y
- Inferior goods (-)
- Normal goods (+)
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EFFECTS
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level of elasticity
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perfectly elastic
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elastic
- % ΔQd > % ΔP
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unitary elastic
- % ΔQd = % ΔP
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inelastic
- % ΔQd < % ΔP
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perfectly inelastic
- % ΔQd = 0
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elasticity varies along DC
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E & TR
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Total Revenue
- Totol Revenue
- decrease
- increase
- constant
- constant
- decrease
- increase
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When P change
- if D is ELASTIC
- TR to change in the opposite direction
- if D is INELASTIC
- TR to change in the same direction