Principles of Microeconomics California Edition 2nd Edition
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ISBN: 9780393622089
Author: Dirk Mateer, Lee Coppock
Publisher: W. W. Norton
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Can you help me with this please? If there is a surplus of goods in the market would that still lead to a producer surplus?
Producer surplus being defined as the amount a seller is paid for a good minus the sellers cost of providing it. 
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- What is the value of consumer surplus? What is the value of producer surplus?arrow_forwardSuppose that the price of materials used to produce computer hardware, such as graphics cards, is decreased. Show what occurs to price, quantity, consumer surplus, producer surplus, and total surplus in the market for computers graphic cards using a supply-and-demand diagram (draw a graph). Furthermore, provide five explanations for what occurred.arrow_forwardYou are the benevolent social planner for your city. several small foods businesses approach you, stating that they plan to increase their prices to compete with national food establishments. as a benevolent social planner, would you advise them to raise their prices or not? explain your answer using concepts in producer and consumer surplus?arrow_forward
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