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PRODUCERS SURPLUS [1 record]

Record 1 2003-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pricing Theory
OBS

The difference between the market price at which a producer sells and the respective lower supply prices at which he would be willing to offer lesser amounts of a particular commodity.

OBS

[...] the supply curve can be used to obtain a measure of producers' surplus (that is, actual revenue over and above the revenue that would have been necessary to get the output produced). [...] The difference between total revenue and total cost is called producers' surplus.

Key term(s)
  • producer surplus

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie des prix
OBS

La prise en compte du surplus des consommateurs à côté du surplus des producteurs (ou profit) dans le bilan coûts-avantages permet de montrer que le surplus global est maximum lorsque le prix est égal au coût marginal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teoría de fijación de precios
DEF

Cantidad de ingresos que el oferente de un producto percibe por encima del mínimo que estaría dispuesto a aceptar para mantener su nivel de oferta.

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