consumers' surplus
Term:
consumers' surplus
Domain:
Finance
Definition:
Consumers' surplus is a measure of consumer welfare and is defined as the excess of social valuation of product over the price actually paid. It is measured by the area of a triangle below a demand curve and above the observed price.
Source:
Glossary of Industrial Organisation Economics and Competition Law, compiled by R. S. Khemani and D. M. Shapiro, commissioned by the Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs, OECD, 1993
المصطلح:
فائض المستهلكين
المجال الأحصائي:
التمويل
التعريف:
عامل قياس لرضى المستهلكين، وهو يُعرَّف كقيمة المنتج الاجتماعية التي تفوق السعر المدفوع لشرائه. وهو يظهر، لدى قياسه على الرسم، على شكل مثلّث تحت منحنى الطلب وفوق منحنى السعر.
المصدر:
Glossary of Industrial Organisation Economics and Competition Law, compiled by R. S. Khemani and D. M. Shapiro, commissioned by the Directorate for Financial, Fiscal and Enterprise Affairs, OECD, 1993 (translated).