Consumer and producer surplus

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Intros
Lessons
  1. Consumer and Producer Surplus Overview:
  2. Review of Consumer and Producer Surplus
  3. Evaluating Surplus with Integrals
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Examples
Lessons
  1. Calculating Producer and Consumer Surplus

    The demand curve for cakes is given by D(q)=362q2D(q) = 36 - 2q^{2} and the supply curve is given by S(q)=8q+12S(q) = 8q + 12.

    i)Find the producer surplus

    ii)Find the consumer surplus

    1. The demand curve for cakes is given by D(q)=12q+2D(q) = \frac{12}{q + 2} and the supply curve is given by S(q)=q+3S(q) = q + 3.

      i)Find the producer surplus

      ii)Find the consumer surplus

      Topic Notes
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      Let S(q)S(q) and D(q)D(q) be supply and demand curves in terms of qq, where qq is the quantity.

      Then we calculate the producer and consumer surplus by using the following formulas:

      PSPS (producer surplus) = 0q[pS(q)]dq\int_{0}^{\overline q} [\overline p - S(q)] dq

      CSCS (consumer surplus) = 0q[D(q)p]dq\int_{0}^{\overline q} [D(q) - \overline p] dq

      Where p\overline p and q\overline q are equilibrium prices and quantity.