Producer Surplus Is the Difference Between

question 167

Multiple Choice

Producer surplus is the difference between

• A) supply and demand.
• B) the price the producer receives and the willingness to sell a good.
• C) the willingness to pay for a good and the willingness to sell a good.
• D) the willingness to pay for a good and the amount that is paid to get it.
• E) the price paid for a good and the amount of the good produced.

Understand the impact of homothetic and Cobb-Douglas preferences on consumption allocations.

Recognize how different utility functions affect economic outcomes in a pure exchange economy.

Identify the conditions under which a Pareto optimal allocation is also a competitive equilibrium.

Understand the role of initial endowments in determining allocations in pure exchange economies.

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