EBK FOUNDATIONS OF ECONOMICS
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Among the given options, identify the correct one on the basis of below statement:
The case in which the country will export wheat, without international trade, ____ is to be determined.
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The united states is a big exporter of animals feeds, corn ,meat, fruits, vegetables and other agriculture commodities.Explain how foreign trade affects the domestic supply of such products.
a. In the absence of trade, what is the equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity?
b. The government opens the wheat market to free trade and U.S enters the Turkish market,
pricing wheat at $40 per ton. What will happen to the domestic price of wheat? What will be
the new domestic quantity supplied and domestic quantity demanded? How much wheat will
be imported from U.S?
c. The government imposes a $10 per ton tariff on all imported wheat. What will happen to
the domestic price of wheat? What will be the new domestic quantity supplied and domestic
quantity demanded? How much wheat will now be imported from U.S?
d. How much revenue will the Turkish government receive from the $10 per ton tariff?
If an economy formerly in autarky opens to trade, and discovers that there is excess supply of a good from the world market, then they would expect to see domestic consumers buying __________ of a good, domestic producers selling __________, and at a __________ price.
a. more; less; higher
b. more; more; higher
c. more; less; lower
d. less; more; higher
e. less; more; lower
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