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Consumer surplusThe satisfaction that consumers obtain from a good over and above the price paid. This is the difference between the maximum demand price that you would be willing to pay and the price that you actual [..]
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Consumer surplusThe difference between the most that consumers would be willing to pay for a good and what they do pay. For each unit, this is the vertical distance between the demand curve and price. For all units p [..]
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Consumer surplusThe difference between the price a consumer would be willing to pay for a good or service and the price that consumer actually has to pay.
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Consumer surplusThe net benefit realized by consumers when they are able to buy a good at the prevailing market price. It is equivalent to the difference between the maximum amount consumers would be willing to pay a [..]
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Consumer surplusConsumer surplus is an estimate of the benefit to consumers from paying a fixed price rather than each consumer paying the maximum he or she is willing to pay. The level of consumer surplus is rarely [..]
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Consumer surplusThe difference between what decision-makers would be willing to pay and what they actually pay at a given equilibrium volume. Geometrically, it is the area under the demand curve and above the equilib [..]
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Consumer surplusDifference between the amount a consumer would be willing to pay for a commodity and the amount he or she actually pays.
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Consumer surplusLet Pi, i = 1,2, …, n, be the (nominal) price of commodity i that a consumer faces, and let Y be his (or her) nominal income. Assuming that the consumer ...
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Consumer surplusOver the years, consumer surplus has been used to measure the welfare effects of price and income changes. Despite its widespread use, it provides a measure ...
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Consumer surplusis the difference between the maximum amount a consumer is willing to spend on a good and the amount that the consumer actually spent on the good at the market price.
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