ECON201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Price Support, Price Floor, Import Quota

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9 Aug 2016

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University of Waterloo

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Economics

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ECON201

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Zhen He

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Recall: the consumer surplus is the area below the demand curve and above the equilibrium price line (or in between the demand curve and the price line) And that producer surplus is the area below above the supply curve and below the price line. We also see that consumer a would pay for a good whose market price is and therefore enjoys a benefit of . consumer b enjoys a benefit of , The demand curve is also the consumer willingness to pay curve and the marginal benefit curve. The supply curve is also the firm"s marginal cost of production curve. And total surplus is maximized in a free market. Also, total surplus measures welfare benefit of a competitive market. Welfare effects - gains and losses to consumers and producers. Change in consumer and producer surplus from price controls.

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1. Consumer surplus is not

a. the value of a good minus the price paid for it, summed over the quantity bought.

b. greater on the first unit sold than on the last unit sold.

c. greater on the last unit sold than on the first unit sold.

d. equal to the area below the demand curve and above the market price line.

2. The demand curve for hamburgers is the same as the

a. marginal benefit curve for hamburgers.

b. marginal cost curve of hamburgers.

c. consumer surplus curve of hamburgers.

d. All of the above.

3. A supply curve is

a. the same as a production possibilities frontier.

b. a marginal social benefit curve.

c. a marginal benefit curve.

d. a marginal cost curve.

e. a downward-sloping curve.

4. The opportunity cost of producing one more hot dog is $1.00. The price of a hot dog is $1.50. The producer surplus from selling one more hot dog is

a. $1.00

b. $1.50

c. $0.50

d. zero.

e. $2.50

5. Markets may not achieve an efficient allocation of resources when there are

a. external costs.

b. monopolies.

c. taxes.

d. all of the above.

True or False:

1. Consumer surplus is the buyer's willingness-to-pay minus the seller's opportunity cost of production.

2. If your willingness-to-pay for a hamburger is $3 and you paid $2, then your consumer surplus is $5.00

3. The opportunity cost of production for a seller includes the implicit cost of the seller's time.

4. The height of the supply curve at a selected quantity is the seller's opportunity cost of producing that marginal unit.

5. Total surplus (total well-being) is the seller's cost of production minus the buyer's willingness-to-pay.

6. The competitive market equilibrium outcome is efficient because it allocates the produced output to the buyers who place the highest value on the good

7. Producer surplus is the area above the supply curve and below the price.

8. The competitive market equilibrium outcome maximizes total surplus (total well-being)

9. Producing and consuming more of a good will always increase the total surplus(total well-being).

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7) Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or false, and explain why.

A. Producer surplus tends to fall as the supply curve becomes more elastic.

B. Consumer surplus tends to rise as demand becomes more elastic.

C. The market demand curve indicates the minimum price buyers are willing to pay at each level of production.

D. The market supply curve indicates the minimum price required by sellers as a group to bring forth production.

E. Consumer surplus is the amount that consumers are willing to pay for a given good or service above and beyond the amount actually paid.

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