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Consumer, Producer and Community Surplus How much would you be willing to pay for this? Or this?
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Consumer Surplus Consumer surplus The difference between the highest price a consumer is willing to pay and the price the consumer actually pays.
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Producer Surplus Producer Surplus Producer surplus The difference between the lowest price a firm would have been willing to accept and the price it actually receives.
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Community Surplus of Competitive Markets Community Surplus Equals the Sum of Consumer Surplus and Producer Surplus Economic efficiency Occurs where the sum of consumer surplus and producer surplus is at a maximum.
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The incidence of taxation on Community Surplus Deadweight welfare loss from an indirect tax
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Deadweight loss from an indirect tax O S £ Q D P1P1 Q1Q1 Before-tax situation
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O S £ Q D P1P1 Q1Q1 Before-tax situation Deadweight loss from an indirect tax Consumer surplus Consumer surplus
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O S £ Q D P1P1 Q1Q1 Consumer surplus Consumer surplus Producer surplus Producer surplus Before-tax situation Deadweight loss from an indirect tax
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O S £ Q D P1P1 Q1Q1 S + tax Q2Q2 P2P2 P 2 tax Deadweight loss from an indirect tax
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O S £ Q D P1P1 Q1Q1 S + tax Q2Q2 P2P2 1 2 3 4 6 5 P 2 tax Deadweight loss from an indirect tax
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O S £ Q D P1P1 Q1Q1 S + tax Q2Q2 P2P2 1 2 3 4 6 5 P 2 tax Deadweight loss from an indirect tax
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O S £ Q D P1P1 Q1Q1 S + tax Q2Q2 P2P2 1 2 3 4 6 5 P 2 tax Deadweight loss from an indirect tax
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O S £ Q D P1P1 Q1Q1 S + tax Q2Q2 P2P2 1 2 3 4 6 5 P 2 tax Tax revenue for government Deadweight loss from an indirect tax
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O S £ Q D P1P1 Q1Q1 S + tax Q2Q2 P2P2 1 2 3 4 6 5 P 2 tax Deadweight loss from tax Deadweight loss from an indirect tax
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