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7) Which of the following is true?

i. When the world price of a good is lower than the price that balances domestic supply and

demand, a country gains from exporting the good.

ii. Compared to a no-trade situation, in a market with imports, consumer surplus is larger.

iii. Quotas raise the domestic price of imported goods.

A) Only i

B) Only ii

C) Only iii

D) i and ii

E) ii and iii

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Integrative

Author: CO

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

8) Which of the following is true?

i. Compared to a no-trade situation, in a market with exports, consumer surplus is larger.

ii. Tariffs decrease consumer surplus.

iii. Trade is restricted because protection brings small losses to a large number of people and

large gains to a small number of people.

A) Only i

B) Only ii

C) Only iii

D) i and iii

E) ii and iii

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Integrative

Author: CO

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

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9.7 Essay: How Global Markets Work

1) How can a nation and its producers determine whether or not it has a comparative advantage

in producing a particular good or service?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.1

Author: TPS

AACSB: Communication

2) After NAFTA was signed, the United States allowed more tomatoes to be imported from

Mexico. What happened to the price of tomatoes in the United States when the United States

allowed more tomatoes to be imported?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.1

Author: JC

AACSB: Reflective thinking

3) A few years ago, as oil and gas prices continued to increase, a growing number of Americans

called for the United States to become less reliant on Middle-Eastern oil. Would it make sense

for the United States to try to become totally self-reliant in the production of oil? Why or why

not?

Skill: Level 5: Critical thinking

Section: Checkpoint 9.1

Author: JC

AACSB: Communication

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4) The United States imports television sets from Japan. The table above contains the U.S.

demand and U.S. supply schedules for television sets. The world price of a television set is $600

per set.

a. With no trade, what is the domestic price and quantity of television sets?

b. At the world price, what is the quantity of sets demanded in the United States?

c. At the world price, how many sets are produced in the United States?

d. At the world price, how many sets are imported into the United States?

e. What is the opportunity cost of producing the 4-millionth television set in the United States?

In Japan?

Skill: Level 3: Using models

Section: Checkpoint 9.1

Author: SB

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

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5) Merck, an American pharmaceutical company, produces a vaccination that is used against

chicken pox. The table shows the domestic demand for, and supply of, this medication, measured

in thousands of doses per day. The world price of this medicine is $24 per dose.

a. With no trade, what is the U.S. price and quantity of the vaccine?

b. At the world price, how many doses are demanded in the United States?

c. At the world price, how many doses are produced in the United States?

d. At the world price, how many doses are exported?

Skill: Level 3: Using models

Section: Checkpoint 9.1

Author: SB

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

6) The table above has the domestic supply and domestic demand schedules for a product. What

is the equilibrium price with no trade? Over what range of prices will the country export the

good? Over what range will it import the good? Suppose the world price is $20. What is the

quantity demanded, the quantity supplied, and the amount of the good exported or imported?

Skill: Level 3: Using models

Section: Checkpoint 9.1

Author: NAU

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

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7) The figure above shows the U.S. demand and the U.S. supply curves of canned peaches.

a. In the absence of trade, what is price of canned peaches in the United States?

b. In the absence of trade, what is the level of production in the United States?

c. If the world price of canned peaches is $1 a can and the United States engages in trade, does

the United States import or export canned peaches?

d. If the world price of canned peaches is $1 a can and the United States engages in trade, what

is the quantity produced in the United States and what is the quantity consumed? What is the

quantity imported or exported?

e. If the world price of canned peaches is $2 a can and the United States engages in trade, does

the United States import or export canned peaches?

f. If the world price of canned peaches is $2 a can and the United States engages in trade, what

is the quantity produced in the United States and what is the quantity consumed? What is the

quantity imported or exported?

Skill: Level 3: Using models

Section: Checkpoint 9.1

Author: JC

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

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9.8 Essay: Winners, Losers, and Net Gains from Trade

1) Who gains from imports? How do they gain? Who loses? How do they lose? Does the overall

economy gain or lose from imports?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.2

Author: MR

AACSB: Communication

2) How do imports affect buyers’ consumer surplus?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.2

Author: MR

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

3) How do imports affect sellers’ producer surplus?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.2

Author: MR

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4) Who gains from exports? How do they gain? Who loses? How do they lose? Does the overall

economy gain or lose from exports?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.2

Author: MR

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

5) How do exports affect buyers’ consumer surplus?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.2

Author: MR

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

6) How do exports affect sellers’ producer surplus?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.2

Author: MR

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

9.9 Essay: International Trade Restrictions

1) Briefly define a tariff and a quota. Do any of these methods restrict trade without harming

domestic consumers?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.3

Author: SB

AACSB: Communication

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2) “Tariffs today in the United States are much higher than in the past.” Is the previous statement

correct or incorrect?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.3

Author: SB

AACSB: Reflective thinking

3) How does a tariff affect the domestic price of the import, the domestic consumption, the

domestic production, and the quantity imported?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.3

Author: JC

AACSB: Communication

4) The United States imposes a tariff on foreign limes. How does the tariff affect the U.S. price

of a lime and the production of limes in the United States?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.3

Author: JC

AACSB: Communication

5) How does a tariff affect the consumer surplus and the producer surplus from the imported

good? Is the overall economy helped or harmed by tariffs? Briefly explain your answers.

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.3

Author: MR

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

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6) Currently, the United States has a quota on the amount of sugar that is allowed to be imported

into the United States. What would happen to the price of sugar in the United States if the quota

was removed? What would happen to U.S. consumption and U.S. production of sugar?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.3

Author: MR

AACSB: Reflective thinking

7) How does a quota affect the domestic price of the import, the domestic consumption, the

domestic production, and the quantity imported?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.3

Author: JC

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

8) How does a quota affect the consumer surplus and the producer surplus from the imported

good? Is the overall economy helped or harmed by quotas? Briefly explain your answers.

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.3

Author: MR

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

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9) The United States imports cheese from a variety of countries. The table above gives the

domestic supply of, and demand for, cheese in the United States. The world price of cheese is

$12 per pound, and trade is unrestricted.

a. How many pounds of cheese are consumed in the United States?

b. How many pounds of cheese are produced in the United States?

c. How many pounds of cheese are imported into the United States?

If a $3 per pound tariff is imposed,

d. How many pounds of cheese are consumed in the United States?

e. How many pounds of cheese are produced in the United States?

f. How many pounds of cheese are imported into the United States?

g. How much will the U.S. government collect in tariff revenue?

h. Who benefits from the tariff? Who loses?

Skill: Level 3: Using models

Section: Checkpoint 9.3

Author: SB

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

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10) The above figure shows the domestic supply of and domestic demand for an imported good.

The world price is $15 per unit.

a. At the world price of $15 per unit, what is the domestic consumption and domestic

production?

b. At the world price of $15 per unit, what is the quantity imported?

c. If the government imposes a tariff of $5 per unit, what is the domestic consumption and

domestic production?

d. With the $5 per unit tariff, what is the quantity imported?

e. How much revenue does the government collect with a tariff of $5 per unit?

Skill: Level 3: Using models

Section: Checkpoint 9.3

Author: SB

AACSB: Analytical reasoning

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9.10 Essay: The Case Against Protection

1) Three arguments used to promote trade barriers are the national security argument, the infant-

industry argument, and the dumping argument. Explain each of these arguments and evaluate

whether each one has any flaws.

Skill: Level 3: Using models

Section: Checkpoint 9.4

Author: SB

AACSB: Communication

2) What is the national security argument for restricting international trade? What is its flaw?

Skill: Level 3: Using models

Section: Checkpoint 9.4

Author: AA

AACSB: Communication

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3) What is dumping?

Skill: Level 1: Definition

Section: Checkpoint 9.4

Author: AA

AACSB: Reflective thinking

4) Because wage rates are so low in Africa, why don’t Microsoft, Cisco and other major

corporations close down their American operations and move to Africa?

Skill: Level 5: Critical thinking

Section: Checkpoint 9.4

Author: JC

AACSB: Communication

5) Explain how governments restrict international trade and who benefits as well as who loses

from the restrictions.

Skill: Level 3: Using models

Section: Checkpoint 9.4

Author: AA

AACSB: Communication

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6) What is “rent seeking”? How does it apply to restricting imports?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.4

Author: TPS

AACSB: Communication

7) Economics demonstrates that opening up unrestricted free international trade is beneficial to

all nations. However, are there any losers from such a policy change?

Skill: Level 3: Using models

Section: Checkpoint 9.4

Author: TPS

AACSB: Communication

8) How does the United States attempt to compensate losers from lower trade restrictions?

Skill: Level 2: Using definitions

Section: Checkpoint 9.4

Author: TPS

AACSB: Communication

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9) Suppose that elimination of tariffs on agricultural products means that 1,000 farm workers

lose jobs that pay an average of $20,000 per year. At the same time, because of the importation

of relatively cheaper foreign vegetables, 150 million consumers save $2 per year on their grocery

bills.

a. What is the total income lost by farm workers because of the free trade?

b. What is the total dollar amount saved by all consumers combined?

c. Which is greater, the lost income or the consumer savings? Do the benefits of free trade

outweigh the costs in this simple example?

d. Which group is most likely to become politically involved over the issue of removing the

tariffs, the farm workers or the consumers? Why?

Skill: Level 3: Using models

Section: Checkpoint 9.4

Author: SB

AACSB: Analytical reasoning