3.2 — Market Competition and Surpluses — Class Content

Meeting Dates

Section 1: Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Section 2: Tuesday, November 3, 2022

Overview

Today we discuss the competition that takes place in markets, and discuss the idea of consumer and producer surplus. We will also do some numerical and algebraic examples of solving for equilibrium and surpluses.

Readings

  • Ch. 2, 3.1 in Goolsbee, Levitt, and Syverson, 2019

Practice

Today we will be working on practice problems. Answers will be posted later on that page.

Slides

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