Consumer and producer surplus

Topic outline

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  General

  • News forum
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  1 Lesson.Consumer and producer surplus
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  Demand_Curve_as_Marginal_Benefit_Curve
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  Consumer surplus introduction
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  Total consumer surplus as area
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  Producer surplus
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  2 Lesson. Deadweight loss
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  Rent control and deadweight loss
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  Minimum wage and price floors

  • Economic efficiency File
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  Taxation and dead weight loss
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  Percentage tax on hamburgers
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  Taxes and perfectly inelastic demand
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  Taxes and perfectly elastic demand

  • Price_ceilings_and_price_floors File
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  3 Lesson.Public goods and externalities
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  Negative externalities
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  Taxes for factoring in negative externalities
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  Positive externalities
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  Tragedy of the commons

  • Public_goods__real-world_examples File