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If low prices are the result of government intervention then:
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overall consumer surplus can increase or decrease, depending on how much the price is forced to decrease and how much the quantity supplied falls
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Sam is willing to sell his used car for $3000, but Bill pays $3500 for it. Sam will receive a ____ surplus of $500
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producer
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Deadweight loss
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the value of the economic surplus that is forgone when a market is not allowed to adjust to its competitive equilibrium
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Consumer surplus is measured in:
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dollars
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if low prices are the result of government intervention then:
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1. some consumers will be worse off because they are unable to get access to goods or services
2. overall consumer surplus can increase or decrease
3. some consumers will be better off because they can buy a good or service at a lower price
2. overall consumer surplus can increase or decrease
3. some consumers will be better off because they can buy a good or service at a lower price
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production possibilities frontier
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shows how much of two goods an economy can produce when it is using all available resources as efficiently as possible
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a price floor is
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the minimum legal price at which a good, service or resource can be sold
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total surplus
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is maximized when markets are in equilibrium
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consumer surplus
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the difference between the maximum price consumers are willing and able to pay for a good or service, vs the price they actually pay
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allocative efficiency
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producing the goods and services that consumers most want in such a way that the marginal benefit equals the marginal cost
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producer surplus
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the difference between the price producers receive for a good or service, and the minimum price they are willing and able to accept
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the revenue collected from a tax equals:
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the tax times the quantity traded