Scenario: Suppose the world price is $2 per bushel, and U.S. wheat growers are dissatisfied with the level of wheat imports into the United States. They lobby Congress for a $1 per bushel tariff on imported wheat. The following figure shows the U.S. wheat market.

-Refer to the scenario above.The increase in producer surplus caused by the imposition of the tariff is given by what area in the figure?

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Scenario: Suppose the world price is $2 per bushel, and U.S. wheat growers are dissatisfied with the level of wheat imports into the United States. They lobby Congress for a $1 per bushel tariff on imported wheat. The following figure shows the U.S. wheat market.
 
-Refer to the scenario above.The increase in producer surplus caused by the imposition of the tariff is given by what area in the figure?

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Producer surplus increases by the area above the supply curve and below the new price level after the imposition of a tariff, which is represented by areas J + K.

Scenario: Suppose the World Price Is $2 Per Bushel, and U.S