The Area Between the Market Price and the Demand Curve

question 182

Multiple Choice

The area between the market price and the demand curve provides a measure of:

• A)consumer surplus.
• B)producer surplus.
• C)consumer surplus plus producer surplus.
• D)marginal utility.
• E)the deadweight loss arising from free trade.

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