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Economics 1st Edition by Dean Karlan,Jonathan Morduch

Edition 1ISBN: 978-0073511498
book Economics 1st Edition by Dean Karlan,Jonathan Morduch cover

Economics 1st Edition by Dean Karlan,Jonathan Morduch

Edition 1ISBN: 978-0073511498
Exercise 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.
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.
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a.)Producer surplus:
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