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A specific tariff is? - Answers a fixed amount of money per physical unit of an imported product. If the consumption effect of a tariff were 60 units and the production effect of a tariff were 40 units, then imports would - Answers decrease by 100 If a tariff in a small country produces a deadweight loss of $50, reduces consumer surplus by $200, and increases producer surplus by $40, which of the following is correct? - Answers Tariff revenues equal $ A nation that creates a tariff high enough to preserve the domestic market entirely for domestic producers will also benefit from significant tariff revenue - Answers False Compared to an import quota, an equivalent tariff may provide a less certain amount of protection for domestic producers since - Answers Foreign firms may absorb the tariff by offering exports at lower prices
If a tariff and an import quota lead to equivalent increases in the domestic price of steel, then: - Answers They have different impacts on how income is distributed If a tariff is imposed on an imported good by a small nation, which of the following will occur? - Answers Both the price of imported good and the price of the domestic competing good will increase. If the consumption effect of a tariff were 50 units and the production effect of a tariff were 40 units, then imports would - Answers decrease by 90 units Which of the following must be true if a large nation imposes a tariff on an imported good? - Answers The price received by foreign producers will fall. A large nation imposes a tariff on an imported good, which causes the world price to fall by $4. At the new world price the large nation has deadweight losses of $500 and imports 300. - Answers The large nation has gained. If a tariff of $10 per unit reduces the world price by $4, then - Answers Domestic consumers pay $6 of the $10 per unit tariff. What is a tariff? - Answers A tax or duty levied on the traded commodity as it crosses a national boundary. Consumption and Imports increases.
What are the effects of an export subsidy in a small nation? - Answers They do not affect world prices What are the effects of an export subsidy in a large nation? - Answers Lowers equilibrium world market price. What are the effects of a tariff in small nation? - Answers A small country is one where changes in its domestic market do not alter the international price of the commodity. In this case of a tariff, this means that the imposition of a tariff does not alter the international price. In other words, the country acts as a "price-taker" in the international market. What are the effects of a tariff in a large nation? - Answers A large country is one where changes in its domestic market alter the international price of the commodity. In the case of a tariff, this means that the imposition of a tariff does alter the international price. What is an import tariff? - Answers A tax on the imported commodity. What is an Ad valorem tariff? - Answers A fixed percentage of the price of the good.