Mi Premium CH 7 Consumers, Producers, and The Efficiency of Markets

N.
GREGORY MANKIW
PRINCIPLES OF
MICROECONOMICS
Eighth Edition
CHAPTER Consumers, Producers, and

the Efficiency of Markets
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Look for the answers to these questions:
• What is consumer surplus? How is it
related to the demand curve?
• What is producer surplus? How is it
related to the supply curve?
• Do markets produce a desirable allocation
of resources? Or could the market
outcome be improved upon?
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Welfare Economics
• Allocation of resources refers to:
– How much of each good is produced
– Which producers produce it
– Which consumers consume it
• Welfare economics
– Studies how the allocation of resources
affects economic well-being
Willingness to Pay (WTP)
• A buyer’s willingness to pay for a good
– Maximum amount the buyer will pay for
that good
– How much the buyer values the good
name WTP
Example:
Anthony $250 4 buyers’ WTP
Chad 175 for an iPod
Flea 300
John 125
WTP and the Demand Curve
Q:If price of iPod is $200, who will buy an

iPod, and what is quantity demanded?
name WTP
A: Anthony & Flea will buy an
iPod, Chad & John will not.
Anthony $250
Hence, Qd = 2
Chad 175 when P = $200.
Flea 300
John 125
• Derive the
P (price
demand of iPod)
who buys Qd
schedule:
$301 & up nobody 0
251 – 300 Flea 1

name WTP
176 – 250 Anthony, Flea 2
Anthony $250
Chad, Anthony,
Chad 175 126 – 175 3
Flea
Flea 300 John, Chad,
0 – 125 4
John 125 Anthony, Flea
P
$350
P Qd
$300
$250 $301 & up 0
$200 251 – 300 1

$150 176 – 250 2
$100
126 – 175 3
$50
0 – 125 4
$0
Q
0 1 2 3 4
About the Staircase Shape…
This D curve looks like a
P staircase with 4 steps –
$350 one per buyer.
$300
If there were a huge # of
$250 buyers, as in a
$200 competitive market, there
would be a huge # of
$150 very tiny steps, and it
$100 would look more like a
smooth curve.
$50
$0
Q
0 1 2 3 4
P Flea’s WTP At any Q, the height
$350 of the D curve is
$300 Anthony’s WTP
the WTP of the
$250 Chad’s WTP marginal buyer,
$200 John’s the buyer who
$150 WTP would leave the
market if P were
$100
any higher.
$50
$0
Q
0 1 2 3 4
Consumer Surplus (CS)
• Consumer surplus CS = WTP – P
– Amount a buyer is willing to pay minus the
amount the buyer actually pays:
name WTP Suppose P = $260.

Anthony $250 Flea’s CS = $300 – 260 = $40.
Chad 175 The others get no CS because they
do not buy an iPod at this price.
Flea 300
Total CS = $40.
John 125
CS and the Demand Curve
P P = $260
Flea’s WTP
$350 Flea’s CS =
$300 $300 – 260 = $40
$250 Total CS = $40
$200
$150
$100
$50
$0
Q
0 1 2 3 4
CS and the Demand Curve
Instead, suppose P = $220
P
Flea’s WTP Flea’s CS = $300 – 220 = $80
$350
$300 Anthony’s WTP
Anthony’s CS = $250 – 220 =
$250 $30
$200 Total CS = $110
$150 Total CS equals the area
under the demand curve
$100
above the price, from 0
$50 to Q.
$0
Q
0 1 2 3 4
CS with Lots of Buyers & a Smooth D Curve
Price
per pair P The demand for shoes
$ 60
At Q = 5 (thousand), 50
the marginal buyer is
40
willing to pay $50 for
pair of shoes. 30
Suppose P = $30. 1000s of pairs
20 of shoes
Then his consumer
surplus = $20. 10
D
0 Q
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
CS with Lots of Buyers & a Smooth D Curve
CS is the area
between P and the P The demand for shoes
D curve, from 0 to Q.
$ 60
Recall: area of 50
a triangle equals h
40
½ x base x height
30
Height = 20
$60 – 30 = $30.
So, 10
CS = ½ x 15 x $30 D
0 Q
= $225.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
How a Higher Price Reduces CS
P If P rises to $40,
60 CS = ½ x 10 x $20
1. Fall in CS
= $100.
due to buyers 50
leaving market Two reasons for
40 the fall in CS.
30
2. Fall in CS due to 20
remaining buyers 10
D
paying higher P 0 Q
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Active Learning 1 Consumer surplus
P
A. Find marginal buyer’s 50
demand curve
WTP at Q = 10. $45
B. Find CS for P = $30 40
35
Suppose P falls to $20.
30
How much will CS
25
increase due to…
20
C. buyers entering
15
the market
10
D. existing buyers
5
paying lower price
0
0 5 10 15 20 Q
25
Active Learning 1 Answers
A. At Q = 10, marginal P
50
demand curve
buyer’s WTP is $30. $45
B. CS = ½ x 10 x $10 40
= $50 35
P falls to $20. 30
25
C. CS for the
additional buyers 20
= ½ x 10 x $10 = $50 15
D. Increase in CS 10
on initial 10 units 5
= 10 x $10 = $100 0
0 5 10 15 20 Q
25
Producer Surplus
• Cost
– Value of everything a seller must give up to
produce a good
• Measure of willingness to sell: produce and
sell the good/service only if the price > cost
name cost Example: Costs of 3

Jack $10 sellers in the lawn-cutting
business.
Janet 20
Chrissy 35
Producer Surplus
• Derive the supply
P Qs
schedule from the
cost data: $0 – 9 0
10 – 19 1
20 – 34 2
name cost
35 & up 3
Jack $10
Janet 20
Chrissy 35
Cost and the Supply Curve
P
$40 P Qs
$0 – 9 0
$30
10 – 19 1
$20
20 – 34 2
$10 35 & up 3
$0
Q
0 1 2 3
Cost and the Supply Curve
P At each Q, the
$40 height of the S
Chrissy’s curve is the cost
of the marginal
$30 cost seller, the seller
Janet’s who would leave
$20 cost the market if the
price were any
$10 Jack’s cost lower.
$0 Q
0 1 2 3
Producer Surplus
• Producer surplus, PS = P - cost
– Amount a seller is paid for a good minus
the seller’s cost of providing it
– Price received minus willingness to sell
Producer Surplus and the S Curve
PS = P – cost
P
Suppose P = $25.
$40
Chrissy’s Jack’s PS = $15
$30 cost Janet’s PS = $5
Janet’s Chrissy’s PS = $0
$20 cost
Total PS = $20
$10 Jack’s cost
Total PS equals the area
$0 above the supply curve
Q under the price, from 0 to Q.
0 1 2 3
PS with Lots of Sellers & a Smooth S Curve
Price P The supply of shoes

per pair
60
Suppose P = $40. 50 S
At Q = 15(thousand), 40
the marginal seller’s 30
cost is $30, 1000s of pairs
and her producer 20 of shoes
surplus is $10. 10
0 Q
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
PS with Lots of Sellers & a Smooth S Curve
PS is the area P The supply of shoes

between P and the S
60
curve, from 0 to Q.
50 S
The height of this
triangle is 40
$40 – 15 = $25.
30
So, h
PS = ½ x b x h 20
= ½ x 25 x $25 10
= $312.50
0 Q
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
How a Lower Price Reduces PS
If P falls to $30,
P 1. Fall in PS
PS = ½ x 15 x $15 due to sellers
60
= $112.50 leaving market
50 S
Two reasons for
the fall in PS. 40
30
2. Fall in PS due to 20
remaining sellers 10
getting lower P
0 Q
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Active Learning 1 Producer surplus
A. Find marginal seller’s P
50
supply curve
cost at Q = 10. 45
B. Find total PS for P = 40
$20. 35
Suppose P rises to $30. 30
Find the increase in PS 25
due to: 20
C. selling 5 additional 15
units 10
D. getting a higher price 5
on the initial 10 units 0
0 5 10 15 20 Q25
Active Learning 1 Producer
surplus
P
50
A. At Q = 10, supply curve
45
marginal cost = $20
40
B. PS = ½ x 10 x $20
35
= $100
30
P rises to $30.
25
C. PS on 20
additional units
15
= ½ x 5 x $10 = $25
10
D. Increase in PS 5
on initial 10 units
0
= 10 x $10 = $100
0 5 10 15 20 Q25
Market Efficiency
• Total surplus = CS + PS
– Consumer surplus = Value to buyers –
Amount paid by buyers
• Buyers’ gains from participating in the market
– Producer surplus = Amount received by
sellers – Cost to sellers
• Sellers’ gains from participating in the market
Total surplus = Value to buyers – Cost to sellers
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Market’s Allocation of Resources
• Allocation of resources – desirable?
– Decentralized (in a market economy)
• Determined by interactions of many self-
interested buyers and sellers
– Total surplus – measure of society’s well-
being
• To consider whether the market’s allocation is
efficient
Market’s Allocation of Resources
• Efficient allocation of resources
maximizes total surplus
1. The goods are consumed by the buyers
who value them most highly
2. The goods are produced by the
producers with the lowest costs
3. Raising or lowering the quantity of a
good would not increase total surplus
Evaluating the Market Equilibrium
Market equilibrium: P
P = $30
60
Q = 15 (thousand)
Total surplus 50 S
= CS + PS
40 CS
Is the market 30
equilibrium efficient? PS
20
10
D
0 Q
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Which Buyers Consume the Good?
Every buyer whose

P
WTP is ≥ $30 will buy.
60
Every buyer whose
50 S
WTP is < $30 will not.
40
30
The buyers who 20

value the good most 10
highly are the ones D
0 Q
who consume it.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Which Sellers Produce the Good?
Every seller whose P

cost is ≤ $30 will 60
produce the good.
50 S
Every seller whose 40
cost is > $30 will 30
not.
20
The sellers with 10
the lowest cost D
0 Q
produce the good.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Does Equilibrium Q Maximize Total Surplus?
At Q = 20, cost of
P
producing the
marginal unit is $35 60
value to consumers 50 S
of the marginal unit is 40
only $20
30
Hence, can increase
total surplus by 20
reducing Q. 10
D
This is true at any Q 0 Q
greater than 15.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Does Equilibrium Q Maximize Total Surplus?
At Q = 10, cost of
P
producing the
marginal unit is $25 60
value to consumers 50 S
of the marginal unit is 40
$40
30
Hence, can increase
total surplus by 20
increasing Q. 10
D
This is true at any Q 0 Q
less than 15.
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand
Passages from The Wealth of Nations, 1776
“Man has almost constant occasion for the
help of his brethren, and it is vain for him
to expect it from their benevolence only.
He will be more likely to prevail if he can
interest their self-love in his favor, and
show them that it is for their own
advantage to do for him what he requires ©Georgios Kollidas/Shutterstock.com
Adam Smith,
of them… 1723-1790
It is not from the benevolence of the
butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we
expect our dinner, but from their regard to
their own interest….
Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand
Passages from The Wealth of Nations, 1776
“Every individual…neither intends to
promote the public interest, nor knows
how much he is promoting it….
He intends only his own gain, and he is in
this, as in many other cases, led by an
invisible hand to promote an end which
was no part of his intention. ©Georgios Kollidas/Shutterstock.com
Adam Smith,
Nor is it always the worse for the society 1723-1790
that it was no part of it. By pursuing his
own interest he frequently promotes
that of the society more effectually than
when he really intends to promote it.”
Market Efficiency
• Adam Smith’s invisible hand
– Takes all the information about buyers and
sellers into account
– Guides everyone in the market to the best
outcome
– Economic efficiency
• Free markets
– Best way to organize economic activity
ASK THE EXPERTS
Supplying Kidneys
“A market that allows payment for human
kidneys should be established on a trial basis
to help extend the lives of patients with kidney
disease.”
Market Efficiency & Market Failure
• Forces of supply and demand
– Allocate resources efficiently
• Assumptions about how markets work
1. Markets are perfectly competitive
2. Outcome in a market matters only to the
buyers and sellers in that market
• When these assumptions do not hold
– “Market equilibrium is efficient” may no
longer be true
Market Efficiency & Market Failure
• Market failures
– Market power: a single buyer or seller
(small group) control market prices
• Markets are inefficient
– Externalities: decisions of buyers and
sellers affect people who are not
participants in the market at all
• Inefficient equilibrium - from the standpoint of
society as a whole
Summary
• Consumer surplus: buyers’ willingness to pay for a
good minus the amount they actually pay
– Measures the benefit buyers get from
participating in a market
– Area below the D curve and above P
• Producer surplus: amount sellers receive for their
goods minus their costs of production
– Measures the benefit sellers get from
participating in a market
– Area below P and above the S curve
Summary
• An allocation of resources that maximizes total
surplus is said to be efficient
– Policymakers are concerned with the efficiency,
as well as the equality, of economic outcomes.
• Equilibrium of S and D maximizes total surplus
– The invisible hand of the marketplace leads
buyers and sellers to allocate resources
efficiently.
• Markets do not allocate resources efficiently in the
presence of market failures (market power or
externalities)

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CHAPTER Consumers, Producers, and

Q:If price of iPod is $200, who will buy an

251 – 300 Flea 1

$200 251 – 300 1

name WTP Suppose P = $260.

name cost Example: Costs of 3

Price P The supply of shoes

PS is the area P The supply of shoes

Every buyer whose

The buyers who 20

Every seller whose P

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