Consumer's Surplus

question 21

Multiple Choice

Consumer's surplus

• A)is the gap between total willingness to pay and the total market value of a good.
• B)guarantees that the market value of a good in money is equal to the total economic value of the good.
• C)is always negative because of diminishing marginal utility.
• D)is the total area under a consumer's demand curve.

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