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Producer surplus is usually expressed by the area below the market price line and above the supply curve. In Figure 1, the shaded areas below the price line and above the supply curve between production zero and maximum output Q 1 indicate producer surplus. Among them, OP 1 EQ 1 below the price line. This indicates that the total revenue is the ...
Theorem 1 implies Hotelling's lemma at any differentiability point of the profit function, and Theorem 2 implies the producer surplus formula. Formally, ...
The maximization of producer surplus can in some cases reduce consumer surplus. [15] Some forms of producer profit maximization are considered anti-competitive practices and are regulated by competition law. [15] Maximization of short-term producer profit can reduce long-term producer profit, which can be exploited by predatory pricing such as ...
Mathematical economics is the application of mathematical methods to represent theories and analyze problems in economics.Often, these applied methods are beyond simple geometry, and may include differential and integral calculus, difference and differential equations, matrix algebra, mathematical programming, or other computational methods.
Firm 1's reaction function q1=R1(q2) gives its optimal output q1 to a given output q2 of firm 2. Likewise, firm 2's reaction function q2=R2(q1). The Cournot-Nash equilibrium occurs where the two reaction functions intersect and both firms are choosing the optimal output given the output of the other firm.
The economic surplus begins when an economy is first able to produce more than it needs to survive, a surplus to its essentials. Alternative definitions are: The difference between the value of a society's annual product and its socially necessary cost of production. (Davis, p.1)
The importance of being able to quickly calculate MR is that the profit-maximizing condition for firms regardless of market structure is to produce where marginal revenue equals marginal cost (MC). To derive MC the first derivative of the total cost function is taken. For example, assume cost, C, equals 420 + 60Q + Q 2. then MC = 60 + 2Q. [11]
In other words, consumers are paying $1650 in order to benefit producers $550 so price supports are considered inefficient. The deadweight loss is the efficiency lost by implementing the price-support system. It is the change in total surplus and includes the value of the government purchase, and is equal to $1100.