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International Trade - Theory and Policy, 2010a

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world dem<strong>and</strong> for the product <strong>and</strong> thus would not affect the world price. Thus when a tariff is<br />

implemented by a small country, there is no effect on the world price.<br />

The small country assumption implies that the export supply curve is horizontal at the level of the world<br />

price. The small importing country takes the world price as exogenous since it can have no effect on it.<br />

The exporter is willing to supply as much of the product as the importer wants at the given world price.<br />

When the tariff is placed on imports, two conditions must hold in the final equilibrium—the same two<br />

conditions as in the case of a large country—namely,<br />

PMexT=PUST+T<br />

<strong>and</strong><br />

XSUS(PUST)=MDMex(PMexT).<br />

However, now PTUS remains at the free trade price. This implies that, in the case of a small country, the<br />

price of the import good in the importing country will rise by the amount of the tariff, or in other<br />

words PMexT=PFT+T. As seen in Figure 7.17 "Depicting a Tariff Equilibrium: Small Country Case", the higher<br />

domestic price reduces import dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> export supply to QT.<br />

Figure 7.17 Depicting a Tariff Equilibrium: Small Country Case<br />

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