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Lesson 1Lesson 1
Consumer and Producer Surplus
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Willingness to Pay:
A consumer¶s willingness to pay for a good is themaximum pr ice at which he or she would buy that good.
It¶s the maximum amount that a buyer will pay for a good.
P> willingness to pay: the buyer doesn¶t buy
P< willingness to pay: the buyer will buy
P= willingness to pay: the buyer is indifferent betweenbuying or not the good
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Consider this demand curve, with only 5 buyers:
Mark
Frank
Alex
Paul
Guy
Quantity of chocolates
Price
2
4
6
8
10
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Consumer Surplus:
Individual consumer surplus is the net gain toan individual buyer from the purchase of a good.It is equal to the difference between the buyer¶swillingness to pay and the pr ice paid.
It is a measure of the benef it a buyer has when
participating in the market.
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If the pr ice is 5 :
Mark
Frank
Alex
Paul
Guy
Quantity of chocolates
Price
2
4
6
8
10
5
Individual
surplus
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Total consumer surplus is the sum of theindividual consumer surpluses of all the buyers of a good. In our example: (10-5) + (8-5) + (6-5)= 9.
The term consumer surplus is often used torefer to both individual and to total consumer surplus.
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How Changing Pr ices Affect Consumer Surplus:
Mark
Frank
Alex
Paul
Guy
Quantity of chocolates
Price
2
4
6
8
10
5
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With the usual demand curve:
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Conclusions:
The consumer surplus will increase when thepr ice decreases.
The consumer surplus will decrease when thepr ice increases.
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Producer Surplus
Consider this supply curve, with only 5 sellers:
P S
A
E
D
C
B
8
6
10
4
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A potential seller¶s cost is the lowest pr ice at which he or she is willing to sell a good.
Individual producer surplus is the net gain to a seller from selling a good. It is equal to the difference betweenthe pr ice received and the seller¶s cost.
Total producer surplus in a market is the sum of theindividual producer surpluses of all the sellers of a good.
Economists use the term producer surplus to refer bothto individual and to total producer surplus.
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Individual surplus:
A, B or C
Total surplus:
A + B +C
Graph:
P S
A
E
D
C
B
8
6
10
4
2
Q
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Individual
surplus
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Producer Surplus
Changes in Producer Surplus:
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Gains from tr ade
The total surplus generated ina market is the total net gain toconsumers and producers fromtrading in the market. It is the
sum of the producer and theconsumer surplus. It is also called Social Surplus. Both consumers and producers
are better off participating in themarket economy than they
would if everyone tr ied to be self suff icient.
Graph:the green arearepresents the total surplus
P
Quantity
D
S
5
1000
Consumers
surplus
Producers
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Eff iciency of markets
We have the highest possible surplus when themarket is in equilibr ium.The competitiveequilibr ium maximize the sum of consumers and
producers surplus. Any change from the equilibr ium will cause a totalsurplus decrease.
We can try to reallocate the total surplus in 3different ways.
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1)Reallocate consumption amongconsumers:
Giving the good to B instead of
A will decrease the consumer surplus by 10$: 35-30 is lost (-5)and 25 -30 is the negativesurplus of B!
Totally -5-5=-10
Or: B values the good 25$ while Avalues it 35$, the surplus loss is10$.
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2) Reallocate sales amongsellers:
It will lower the producer surplus: if Y sells at 35 andthe market pr ice is 30 Yloses 5$ (-5$ surplus),while X that is willing tosell at 25$ will lose 5$surplus selling at 30$market pr ice.
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3) Change in the quantity traded:
If less or more than 1000 unitsare sold there is a surplus loss.
For example if Y sells to B 10$
surplus is lost: Y sells at 35$ butB is willing to pay only 25$.
If less that 1000 units are sold,there are transactions that don¶toccur the surplus coming from
those transactions is lost.
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The market equilibr ium maximizes total surplus²the sumof producer and consumer surplus. It does this becausethe market performs four important functions:
1. It allocates consumption of the good to the potentialbuyers who value it the most, as indicated by the fact thatthey have the highest willingness to pay.
2. It allocates sales to the potential sellers who most valuethe r ight to sell the good, as indicated by the fact that theyhave the lowest cost.
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3. It ensures that every consumer who makes apurchase values the good more than every seller who makes a sale, so that all transactions are
mutually benef icial. 4. It ensures that every potential buyer whodoesn¶t make a purchase values the good lessthan every potential seller who doesn¶t make asale, so that no mutually benef icial transactionsare missed.
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Attention: even if the market maximizes the totalsurplus this doesn¶t mean that it is the bestoutcome for every single consumer or producer.
Ceter is Par ibus every buyer would like to payless, and every producer to receive more.Furthermore some people may benef it from pr icecontrols and some sellers from pr ice sellers.
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Eff iciency cost of a tax
The excess burden, or deadweight loss, from atax is the extra cost in theform of ineff iciency thatresults because the taxdiscourages mutuallybenef icial transactions.
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Eff iciency cost of a tax
Deadweight loss:
The area (Tax)xQt is the
tax revenue, the yellowtr iangle represents thepure loss, the deadweightloss of the tax.
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