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Consumers, businesses, welfare |
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| Authors: |
Pseiridis, Anastasia Lianos, Theodoros |
| Reviewer: |
Tsounis, Nikolaos |
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| Abstract: |
This chapter introduces the concept of economic welfare, measured through consumer and producer surpluses. We use these concepts to analyze graphically the government interventions discussed in Chapter 5, i.e., imposing a maximum or minimum price, taxing a good, subsidizing production. Next, we introduce the concept of net utility, i.e., the difference between the utility from consumption and the cost of producing a quantity of a good. We show how we can use these concepts to analyze various situations, such as the positive effects of the "consumption" of education and the negative effects of the production of a good whose production causes pollution.
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Chapter |
| Creation Date: | 2015 |
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| License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/2367 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Pseiridis, A., & Lianos, T. (2015). Consumers, businesses, welfare [Chapter]. In Pseiridis, A., & Lianos, T. 2015. Economic analysis and policy: Microeconomics [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/2367 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Is Part of: |
Economic analysis and policy: Microeconomics |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |
