Exploring Macroeconomics
Exploring Macroeconomics
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781544337722
Author: Robert L. Sexton
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
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Chapter 20, Problem 11P
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The effect on domestic price, domestic quantity purchased, the domestic quality produced, the level of import, consumer surplus, producer surplus, and on welfare gain from trade if the trade opens up.

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A small country imports T-shirts. With free trade at a world price of $10, domestic production is 10 million T-shirts and domestic consumption is 42 million T-shirts. The country's government now decides to impose a quota to limit T-shirt imports to 20 million per year. With the import quota in place, the domestic price rises to $12 per T- shirt and domestic production rises to 15 million T-shirts per year. The quota on T- shirts causes domestic consumers to A) gain $7 million. B) lose $7 million. C) lose $70 million. D) lose $77 million
When a country allows trade and becomes an importer of a good, which of the following is NOT a consequence? The price received by domestic producers of the good decreases. The gains of domestic consumers of the good exceed the losses of domestic producers of the good. The gains of domestic producers of the good exceed the losses of domestic consumers of the good. The price paid by domestic consumers of the good decreases.
When a country opens for trade and becomes an exporter of a good, which of the following is a consequence? The gains of domestic consumers of the good exceed the losses of domestic producers of the good. The price received by domestic producers of the good decreases. The gains of domestic producers of the good exceed the losses of domestic consumers of the good. The price paid by domestic consumers of the good decreases.
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