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2. The term used to describe a country in which domestic policy changes cannot influence prices<br />

in international markets.<br />

3. The term used to describe the substitutability of a good that is homogeneous.<br />

4. This type of economic analysis focuses on policy effects within a single market <strong>and</strong> does not<br />

address effects external to the market.<br />

7.2 Depicting a Free <strong>Trade</strong> Equilibrium: Large <strong>and</strong> Small Country Cases<br />

LEARNING OBJECTIVES<br />

1. Use supply <strong>and</strong> dem<strong>and</strong> to derive import dem<strong>and</strong> curves <strong>and</strong> export supply curves.<br />

2. Combine import dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> export supply curves to depict a free trade equilibrium<br />

under the assumption that the countries are large.<br />

3. Use an import dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> export supply diagram to depict a free trade equilibrium<br />

under the assumption that the import country is small.<br />

Figure 7.1 "U.S. Wheat Market: Autarky Equilibrium" depicts the supply <strong>and</strong> dem<strong>and</strong> for wheat in the U.S.<br />

market. The supply curve represents the quantity of wheat that U.S. producers would be willing to supply<br />

at every potential price for wheat in the U.S. market. The dem<strong>and</strong> curve represents dem<strong>and</strong> by U.S.<br />

consumers at every potential price for wheat in the U.S. market. The intersection of dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> supply<br />

corresponds to the equilibrium autarky price <strong>and</strong> quantity in the United States. The price, PAutUS, is the<br />

only price that will balance domestic supply with domestic dem<strong>and</strong> for wheat.<br />

Figure 7.1 U.S. Wheat Market: Autarky Equilibrium<br />

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