1. Welfare analysis: Basic concepts Identify whether each of the following statements best illustrates the concept of consumer surplus, producer surplus, or neither. Statement Consumer Surplus Producer Surplus Neither Even though I would have paid up to $127 for a swimsuit and despite the fact that the seller was willing to go as low as $115 in order to sell it, we couldn't agree to a deal because the government instituted a price ceiling of $105 on all sales of swimsuits. I sold a polaroid camera for $117, even though I was willing to accept as little as $110 in exchange for it. Even though I was willing to pay as much as $36 for a crew neck, I bought a crew neck for just $27.