Economic surplus and derived demand
By: by Ekkehart Schlicht
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 2159; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) -- no. 2159
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Subjects: Labor demand; Supply and demand; Surplus (Accounting)
Description: "Most demand -- especially labor demand -- is derived from the demand for some other product. This note demonstrates that the usual analysis of economic rent, as typically explained for the case of consumers' surplus, carries over to the case of derived demand"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
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