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MARKET EFFICIENCYEconomics 101
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WELFARE ECONOMICS
Welfare economics is the study of how the allocation of resources affects economic well-being.
Buyers and sellers receive benefits from taking part in the market.
The equilibrium in a market maximizes the total welfare of buyers and sellers.
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ECONOMIC WELFARE
Consumer surplus measures economic welfare from the buyer’s side.
Producer surplus measures economic welfare from the seller’s side.
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WILLINGNESS TO PAY
Willingness to pay is the maximum amount that a buyer will pay for a good.
It measures how much the buyer values the good or service (marginal benefit).
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CONSUMER SURPLUS
Consumer surplus, the amount that buyers are willing to pay for a good minus the amount they actually pay for it, measures the benefit that buyers receive from a good as the buyers themselves perceive it.
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DEMAND SCHEDULE
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FIGURE 1 THE DEMAND SCHEDULE AND THE DEMAND CURVE
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Price ofAlbum
0 Quantity ofAlbums
Demand
1 2 3 4
$100 John’s willingness to pay
80 Paul’s willingness to pay
70 George’s willingness to pay
50 Ringo’s willingness to pay
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FIGURE 2 MEASURING CONSUMER SURPLUS WITH THE DEMAND CURVE
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(a) Price = $80
Price ofAlbum
50
70
80
0
$100
Demand
1 2 3 4 Quantity ofAlbums
John’s consumer surplus ($20)
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FIGURE 2 MEASURING CONSUMER SURPLUS WITH THE DEMAND CURVE
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(b) Price = $70Price of
Album
50
70
80
0
$100
Demand
1 2 3 4
Totalconsumersurplus ($40)
Quantity ofAlbums
John’s consumer surplus ($30)
Paul’s consumersurplus ($10)
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DEMAND CURVE AND CONSUMER SURPLUS The area below the demand curve and above
the price measures the consumer surplus in the market.
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FIGURE 3 HOW THE PRICE AFFECTS CONSUMER SURPLUS
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Consumersurplus
Quantity
(a) Consumer Surplus at Price P
Price
0
Demand
P1
Q1
B
A
C
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FIGURE 3 HOW THE PRICE AFFECTS CONSUMER SURPLUS
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Initialconsumer
surplus
Quantity
(b) Consumer Surplus at Price P
Price
0
Demand
A
BC
D EF
P1
Q1
P2
Q2
Consumer surplusto new consumers
Additional consumersurplus to initial consumers
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PRODUCER SURPLUS
Producer surplus is the amount a seller is paid for a good minus the seller’s cost.
It measures the benefit to sellers participating in a market.
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SUPPLY SCHEDULE
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FIGURE 5 MEASURING PRODUCER SURPLUS WITH THE SUPPLY CURVE
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Quantity ofHouses Painted
Price ofHouse
Painting
500
800
$900
0
600
1 2 3 4
(a) Price = $600
Supply
Grandma’s producersurplus ($100)
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FIGURE 5 MEASURING PRODUCER SURPLUS WITH THE SUPPLY CURVE
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Quantity ofHouses Painted
Price ofHouse
Painting
500
800
$900
0
600
1 2 3 4
(b) Price = $800
Georgia’s producersurplus ($200)
Totalproducersurplus ($500)
Grandma’s producersurplus ($300)
Supply
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SUPPLY CURVE AND PRODUCER SURPLUS The area below the price and above the
supply curve measures the producer surplus in a market.
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FIGURE 6 HOW THE PRICE AFFECTS PRODUCER SURPLUS
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Producersurplus
Quantity
(a) Producer Surplus at Price P
Price
0
Supply
B
A
C
Q1
P1
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FIGURE 6 HOW THE PRICE AFFECTS PRODUCER SURPLUS
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Quantity
(b) Producer Surplus at Price P
Price
0
P1B
C
Supply
A
Initialproducersurplus
Q1
P2
Q2
Producer surplusto new producers
Additional producersurplus to initialproducers
D EF
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FORMULAS
Consumer Surplus = Value to buyers – Amount paid by buyers
and
Producer Surplus = Amount received by sellers – Cost
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TOTAL SURPLUS
Total surplus = Consumer surplus + Producer surplus
or
Total surplus = Value to buyers – Cost to sellers
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MARKET EFFICIENCY
Efficiency is the property of a resource allocation of maximizing the total surplus received by all members of society.
In addition to market efficiency, a social planner might also care about equity – the fairness of the distribution of well-being among the various buyers and sellers.
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FIGURE 7 CONSUMER AND PRODUCER SURPLUS IN THE MARKET EQUILIBRIUM
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Producersurplus
Consumersurplus
Price
0 Quantity
Equilibriumprice
Equilibriumquantity
Supply
Demand
A
C
B
D
E
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INSIGHTS
Three Insights Concerning Market Outcomes Free markets allocate the supply of goods to
the buyers who value them most highly, as measured by their willingness to pay.
Free markets allocate the demand for goods to the sellers who can produce them at least cost.
Free markets produce the quantity of goods that maximizes the sum of consumer and producer surplus.
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FIGURE 8 THE EFFICIENCY OF THE EQUILIBRIUM QUANTITY
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Quantity
Price
0
Supply
Demand
Costto
sellers
Costto
sellers
Valueto
buyers
Valueto
buyers
Value to buyers is greaterthan cost to sellers.
Value to buyers is lessthan cost to sellers.
Equilibriumquantity
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LAISSEZ FAIRE
Because the equilibrium outcome is an efficient allocation of resources, the social planner can leave the market outcome as he/she finds it.
This policy of leaving well enough alone goes by the French expression laissez faire.