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

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3. Use Exhibit 5 <strong>to</strong> answer the following questions.Exhibit 5a. If free trade is allowed, what is the domestic quantity supplied,domestic quantity demanded, and the quantity imported?b. If a €1 tariff is placed on this good, what is the domestic quantitysupplied, domestic quantity demanded, and the quantity imported?c. What area cor<strong>respond</strong>s <strong>to</strong> consumer and producer surplus before thetariff is applied?d. What area cor<strong>respond</strong>s <strong>to</strong> consumer surplus, producer surplus, andgovernment revenue after the tariff is applied?e. What area cor<strong>respond</strong>s <strong>to</strong> the deadweight loss associated with thetariff?f. Describe in words the sources of the deadweight loss from a tariff.g. What is the size of the import quota that would generate results mostsimilar <strong>to</strong> this €1 tariff?h. What is the size of the tariff that would eliminate trade al<strong>to</strong>gether (i.e.that would return the market <strong>to</strong> its no-trade domestic solution)?<strong>Practice</strong> <strong>Questions</strong> <strong>to</strong> accompany Mankiw & Taylor: Economics 24

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