Chapter 21: Q.21 (page 522)
Name and define three policy tools for enacting
protectionism.
Short Answer
-Tariff barriers
-Non-tariff barriers
-Import quota
Chapter 21: Q.21 (page 522)
Name and define three policy tools for enacting
protectionism.
-Tariff barriers
-Non-tariff barriers
-Import quota
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How does competition, whether domestic or foreign, harm businesses?
The country of Pepperland exports steel to the Land of Submarines. Information for the quantity demanded (Qd) and quantity supplied (Qs) in each country, in a world without trade, are given in Table 21.6 and Table 21.7.
a. What would be the equilibrium price and quantity in each country in a world without trade? How can you tell?
b. What would be the equilibrium price and quantity in each country if trade is allowed to occur? How can you tell?
c. Sketch two supply and demand diagrams, one for each country, in the situation before trade.
d. On those diagrams, show the equilibrium price and the levels of exports and imports in the world after trade.
e. If the Land of Submarines imposes an antidumping import quota of 30, explain in general terms whether it will benefit or injure consumers and producers in each country.
f. Does your general answer change if the Land of Submarines imposes an import quota of 70?
Microeconomic theory argues that it is economically rationale (and profitable) to sell additional output as long as the price covers the variable costs of production. How is this relevant to the determination of whether dumping has occurred?
What are main reasons for protecting “infant industries”? Why is it difficult to stop protecting them?
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