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International Trade - Theory and Policy, 2010a

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much larger than the number of firms that makes up the domestic import-competing industry. Suppose,<br />

then, that the consumers in this market are made up of millions of individual households, each of which<br />

purchases, at most, one pair of jeans. Suppose the domestic blue jeans industry is made up of thirty-five<br />

separate firms.<br />

KEY TAKEAWAY<br />

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With quantities, prices, <strong>and</strong> the tariff rate specified, actual values for the changes in consumer <strong>and</strong><br />

producer surplus <strong>and</strong> government revenue can be determined.<br />

EXERCISE<br />

1. Suppose the supply <strong>and</strong> dem<strong>and</strong> curves for bottles of Coke are given by,<br />

S = 10P – 7D = 13 – 5P<br />

where P is the price of Coke per bottle, D is the quantity of Coke dem<strong>and</strong> (in millions of<br />

bottles), <strong>and</strong> S is the quantity of Coke supply (in millions of bottles). Suppose the free trade<br />

price of Coke is $1.00 <strong>and</strong> that a tariff of $0.20 is being considered by the government. If the<br />

country is a small importer calculate the following:<br />

1. The value of the increase in producer surplus expected due to the tariff.<br />

2. The value of the decrease in consumer surplus expected due to the tariff.<br />

3. The value of the tariff revenue expected due to the tariff.<br />

4. The value of the change in national welfare expected due to the tariff.<br />

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