Producer surplus: The difference between the actual price received and the minimum price producers are willing to accept, shown as the area below the price and above the supply curve.
How to apply it: Calculate producer surplus as a triangle on a supply-and-demand diagram and explain how it measures producer welfare.
Course: AP Microeconomics · Unit: Supply and Demand
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