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Practice Questions Chapter 1 1. People respond to incentives ...

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<strong>Chapter</strong> 9<strong>1.</strong> Use Exhibit 3 <strong>to</strong> answer the following questions.Exhibit 3a. If trade is not allowed, what is the equilibrium price and quantity in thismarket?b. If trade is allowed, will this country import or export this commodity?Why?c. If trade is allowed, what is the price at which the good is sold, thedomestic quantity supplied and demanded, and the quantity importedor exported?d. What area cor<strong>respond</strong>s <strong>to</strong> consumer surplus if no trade is allowed?e. What area cor<strong>respond</strong>s <strong>to</strong> consumer surplus if trade is allowed?f. What area cor<strong>respond</strong>s <strong>to</strong> producer surplus if no trade is allowed?g. What area cor<strong>respond</strong>s <strong>to</strong> producer surplus if trade is allowed?h. If free trade is allowed, who gains and who loses, the consumers or theproducers, and what area cor<strong>respond</strong>s <strong>to</strong> their gain or loss?i. What area cor<strong>respond</strong>s <strong>to</strong> the gains from trade?<strong>Practice</strong> <strong>Questions</strong> <strong>to</strong> accompany Mankiw & Taylor: Economics 22

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