Suppose the free trade market price of a car is $10,000. It contains $5000 worth of steel. The importing country imposes 25% tariff on car imports. a. Calculate the effective rate of protection if there is no duty on steel imports. b. Calculate the effective rate of protection if the importing country imposes a 20% tariff on steel imports. c. Suppose it also takes $2000 worth of copper (besides $5000 worth of steel) to produce a car. Calculate the effective rate of protection if there is no import tariff on the imports of either steel or copper. d. Suppose there is an import duty of 20% and 15% on imports of steel and copper, respectively. Calculate the effective tariff rate.

Suppose the free trade market price of a car is $10,000. It contains $5000 worth of steel. The importing country imposes 25% tariff on car imports. a. Calculate the effective rate of protection if there is no duty on steel imports. b. Calculate the effective rate of protection if the importing country imposes a 20% tariff on steel imports. c. Suppose it also takes $2000 worth of copper (besides $5000 worth of steel) to produce a car. Calculate the effective rate of protection if there is no import tariff on the imports of either steel or copper. d. Suppose there is an import duty of 20% and 15% on imports of steel and copper, respectively. Calculate the effective tariff rate.

Principles of Macroeconomics (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781305971509

Author:N. Gregory Mankiw

Publisher:N. Gregory Mankiw

Chapter9: Application: International Trade

Section: Chapter Questions

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