ECON 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Normal Good, Price Controls, Deadweight Loss
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Postulate 5 ***** the more we have of a good, the less we value and additional unit of that good. The amount of other goods an individual is willing to give up in order to obtain. All units presently consumed instead of none at all. The marginal value of a good decreases as more units are consumed. Assume when marginal value falls below zero you will not consume. Total amount actually spent to purchase a given quantity of a good. Horizontal sum of the individual demand curves at each price. Interpretations of market demand curve similar to individual demand curve. Height of demand curve at a given quantity represents the marginal value of the good at that quantity. Area under the demand curve up to the quantity consumed equals the. Total value for all consumers in the market. Area between the demand curve and the price is the consumer surplus gained for all consumers in the market.