ECON 250D1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Corneal Transplantation, Organ Transplantation, Economic Surplus
15 Dec 2019
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Each year 8000 people die waiting for an organ transplant (since 1984), it"s lawful to pay for absolutely anything but not organs people need. At least one purported rationale for this legal prohibition is that it reduces the possibility of. Involuntary donations perpetrated by those who would steal an organ from donor a to profit financially by its sale to recipient b. Average kidney transplant in the us 260. 000 dollars. India, china transplant tourists, price, usually wealthy people. Hence, the continuation of the payment prohibition cannot be justified on the grounds of preventing involuntary donations. ) In iran, long-term health outcomes for donors are reported to be at least as good as outcomes for the rest of the population. Waiting lists they would be much better off https://www. econlib. org/library/columns/y2012/sheltonmckenziekidney. html!!!!!!!! http://fac. ksu. edu. sa/sites/default/files/microeco-_varian_0. pdf. The consumer surplus is the difference between the highest price a consumer is willing to pay and the actual market price of the good.
