Saturday, August 11, 2018

WE BARGAIN WITH AN EFFECTIVE SURPLUS (CONSUMER SURPLUS)


Suppose, I am a seller. I have to sell my paintings so I am decided to organise an auction. Samaira, Sameer,Arvind,Manish and Raju wants to buy my paintings. Definitely there is a limit to the amount that each is willing to pay for it. The maximum price each of five possible buyers would pay, each buyer’s maximum is his willingness to pay.

Buyer                                                                              Wilingness to Pay
Samaira                                                                              Rs.100000
Sameer                                                                               Rs.80000
Arvind                                                                                 Rs.70000
Manish                                                                                Rs.60000
Raju                                                                                      Rs.50000

Here we can see that samiara’s willingness to pay is maximum that is Rs.100000 and Sameer’s has Rs.80000,Arvind’s has Rs.70000,Manish’s has Rs.60000 and Raju’s has Rs.50000.It measures how much that buyer values the Good.Each buyer would be eager to buy the paintings at a price less than his willingness to pay. At a price equal to his willingness to pay.if the price is exactly the same as the value he want to give on the Paintings,he would be happy about his buying.
To sell my Paintings , I begin the bidding from low price just like RS.10000. Because all of them are unwilling to pay much more, the price rises quickly. The bidding stops when samaira bids Rs.85000. At this point,Sameer,Arvind,manish and Raju are dropped out because they are unwilling to bid more than Rs.80000. So samaira pays me Rs.85000 and gets the paintings. Here we have seen that samaira has given values most highly.
What is the benefit of samaira?
Samaira has a real bargain because she is willing to pay Rs.100000 but she got my paintings at Rs.85000 only. Here she has saved her money about Rs.15000 and it is samair’s surplus.

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