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Warmoth Gibbs 7
ECO 2023 Module 7
Question | Answer |
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welfare economics | the study of how the allocation of resources affects economic well-being |
willingness to pay | the maximum amount that a buyer will pay for a good |
consumer surplus | the amount a buyer is willing to pay for a good minus the amount the buyer actually pays for it |
cost | the value of everything a seller must give up to produce a good |
producer surplus | the amount a seller is paid for a good minus the seller's cost of providing it |
efficiency | the property of a resource allocation of maximizing the total surplus received by all members of society |
equality | the property of distributing economic prosperity uniformly among the members of society |