Explanation The economy was facing a world price P F T which is determined by world demand and world supply as shown in the leftdiagram. At that price,the country was producing S F T and consuming D F T with S F T D F T as an import. The government imposes a tariff on import and the domestic price of the product goes up to P T . AtP T , the economy is producing S T and consuming D T and importingS T D T , which is less than SFT DFT. Thus, the government has been successful in reducing import withtariff. From the diagram, it is evident that there is a loss of consumer surplus, shown by the sum of the areas ( A + B + C + D )

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Definition Definition Consumer surplus is the consumers' gain from trade. The consumer surplus is the area below the demand curve but above the equilibrium price, up to the equilibrium quantity. Producer surplus is the producer's gain from trade. The producer surplus is the area above the supply curve but below the equilibrium price, up to the equilibrium quantity. Consumer surplus is represented by Area A and producer surplus is represented by Area B.

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The effect ofthetariff on domestic price, domestic quantity purchased, the domestic quality produced, the level of import, consumer surplus, producer surplus, the tariff revenue generated and on total welfare with the given graphs.

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Ch. 28 - Prob. 1P Ch. 28 - Prob. 2P Ch. 28 - Prob. 3P Ch. 28 - Prob. 4P Ch. 28 - Prob. 5P Ch. 28 - Prob. 6P Ch. 28 - Prob. 7P Ch. 28 - Prob. 8P Ch. 28 - Prob. 9P Ch. 28 - Prob. 10P

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From the Work It Out Effects of Trade Barriers, you can see that a tariff raises the price of imports. What is interesting is that the price rises by less than the amount of the tariff. Who pays the rest of the tariff amount? Can you show this graphically?

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