CAS EC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Externality, Market Failure, Organ Trade

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How the allocation of resources affect economic well-being. Amount gained when the buyer pays less than expected. Willingness to pay the maximum amount a buyer will pay for a good. Producer surplus when sellers sell at a higher price than expected, the extra money they make. Cost willingness to sell, value of everything a seller gives up to produce a good. Planner all knowing, all powerful, well-intentioned dictator, in a free market, best policy is laissez faire. Efficiency resource allocation, maximizing total surplus (how big is the economic pie) Equality uniform distribution (how is the pie split) Smith"s invisible hand, letting people do what they do. Takes in information and guides everyone to optimal outcome. Market assumptions : perfectly competitive, outcome only matters to the buyers and sellers in that market. Market power is controlled by a single seller or a small group.

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