Producer surplus and supply

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What is supply?
The quantity of a product that producers are willing and able to provide at different market prices over a period of time.
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What is profit?
The difference between total revenue of a producer and total cost.
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Economics assumes that the behaviour of suppliers is governed by the consistent need to?
Maximise profits
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There is a greater willingness to increase quantity supplied when there is a rise in prices. Why?
This is because firms are likely to be making greater profit
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The relationship between price and quantity supplied is ?
Positive
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What is producer surplus?
The difference between the price a producer is willing to accept and what they actually recieve
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A fall in price _______ producer surplus
Reduces
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A rise in price ______ producer surplus
Increases
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An increase in supply leads to a ______ in producer surplus
Increase
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An increase in demand leads to a _________ in producer surplus
Increase
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The difference between total revenue of a producer and total cost.

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Economics assumes that the behaviour of suppliers is governed by the consistent need to?

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There is a greater willingness to increase quantity supplied when there is a rise in prices. Why?

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The relationship between price and quantity supplied is ?

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