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Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Total Utility

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Total satisfaction received from consuming a certain quantity of a good

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Utile

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Unit for measuring utility

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Marginal Utility

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Extra utility received from consuming one extra unit

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Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility

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The extra utility received from consuming one extra unit is always decreasing

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Total Surplus

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Consumer surplus plus producer surplus

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Consumer Surplus

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Area above price equilibrium and below the demand curve, difference between what consumer was willing to pay and what they really paid, ‘what consumer saved’

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Producer Surplus

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Area below price equilibrium and above the supply curve, difference between what seller must get to cover cost of production and what they actually got, ‘extra money seller got’

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Distortionary

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Annoying, inefficient

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Dead Weight Loss

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Lost surplus that no one gets

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