The total amount of producer surplus in a market is equal to
A) the area between the demand curve and the supply curve below the market price.
B) the difference between quantity supplied and quantity demanded.
C) the area above the market supply curve.
D) the area above the market supply curve and below the market price.
D
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The Secretary of Labor states that wage rates in the country have risen by 2 percent this past year. The head of a local labor union states that wage gains should have been higher. The Secretary's statement is a(n) ____ economic statement, and the labor head's statement is a(n) ____ economic statement
a. normative; normative b. normative; positive c. positive; normative d. positive; positive e. proper; improper
Refer to the figure below. In response to gradually falling inflation, this economy will eventually move from its short-run equilibrium to its long-run equilibrium. Graphically, this would be seen as
A. long-run aggregate supply shifting leftward B. Short-run aggregate supply shifting downward C. Aggregate demand shifting rightward D. Aggregate demand shifting leftward