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Consumer surplus - the difference between what a consumer is willing to pay and what they actually pay. Aggregate consumer surplus measures consumer welfare. Producer surplus - the difference between what a producer is willing to sell their product for and what they actually receive. Aggregate producer surplus measures producer welfare

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Definition of consumer surplus?

Consumer surplus - the difference between what a consumer is willing to pay and what they actually pay. Aggregate consumer surplus measures consumer welfare


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How are consumer surplus and producer surplus measured?

Consumer surplus and producer surplus are measured using the price applied. Consumer surplus is when a consumer pays a less amount than expected while producer surplus is when a product fetches more money that expected.


What is a area in the world that have consumer and producers in that area?

In mainstream economics, economic surplus (also known as total welfare or Marshaling surplus (named after Alfred Marshall) refers to two related quantities. Consumer surplus or consumers' surplus is the monetary gain obtained by consumers because they are able to purchase a product for a price that is less than the highest price that they would be willing to pay. Producer surplus or producers' surplus is the amount that producers benefit by selling at a market price that is higher than the least that they would be willing to sell for. In some schools of heterodox economics, the economic surplus denotes the total income which the ruling class derives from its ownership of scarce factors of production, which is either reinvested or spent on consumption. In Marxian economics, the term surplus may also refer to surplus value, surplus product and surplus labour.


How the deadweight loss influence the consumer surplus and producer surplus?

Deadweight loss reduces the amount of consumer and producer surplus.


Is a house fly is consumer or producers?

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What is consumer surplus?

Consumer surplus can be used frequently when analyzing the impact of government intervention in any market


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Consumer surplus = Total amt consumers are willing to pay - Total amt consumers actually paid. Hence, if there is an increase in price of a good, consumer surplus decreases.