Economics 1st Edition by Dean Karlan,Jonathan Morduch

تمرين 16

The United States wheat market is shown in Figure 17P-3. Suppose the U.S. wants to protect its wheat industry by imposing a tariff of $1/bushel on foreign wheat, which currently sells at world price $4/bushel.
a. Graph consumer and producer surplus after the $1/bushel tariff is imposed.
b. How much revenue does the U.S. government collect from the tariff?
c. Graph the deadweight loss associated with the tariff.