Chapter 6 Flashcards
Total Utility
Total satisfaction received from consuming a certain quantity of a good
Utile
Unit for measuring utility
Marginal Utility
Extra utility received from consuming one extra unit
Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility
The extra utility received from consuming one extra unit is always decreasing
Total Surplus
Consumer surplus plus producer surplus
Consumer Surplus
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’
Producer Surplus
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’
Distortionary
Annoying, inefficient
Dead Weight Loss
Lost surplus that no one gets