ECON 1202 Lecture 7: Tariffs and Smith

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Assume that the world price is lower than the domestic price for higher levels of domestic output. World price: price of good that prevails in the world market for that good. Domestic price: opportunity cost of the good in the domestic market. Assume that prices are set in the world market and countries cannot alter that price. Supply represents costs: at low output levels, costs are low, costs rise as output expands. Importing country: before trade domestic price is above world price, once trade is allowed , domestic price drops to equal the world price, domestic quantity supplied is less than domestic quantity demanded, the di erence: imports. American consumers can buys as much steel as they want at world price: world price is lower than domestic price of steel, we in u. s. can consume as much as we want at that price.

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1. True or False: Increases in imports will always lead to NET job losses in the U.S. domestic economy.

Would this be false?

2. True or False: If all countries could restrict imports and promote exports, world output would rise.

Would this be false as well?

3. Which of the following statement is FALSE?
A.Quotas restrict the quantity of a good that is imported into a country.
B.One result of quotas is that consumers of the good facing the quota will pay a higher price for the good.
C.Domestic producers of the good will benefit because they face less foreign competition.
D.Government collects the revenue from quotas.

Is it B?

4. True or False: If country A has an absolute advantage in producing many goods and services over another country B, then country A will NEVER have an incentive to trade with country B.

I want to say its False because regardless if country A has an absolute advantage it still needs to trade with country B. I think?

Explain how the United States, being a large economy with an abundance of natural resources, labor, and capital, can benefit by not being in autarky. It was shown in the video that the United States had the comparative advantage in burgers. Using the table below, show and explain how Mexico has the comparative advantage in phones. From your answer in the previous question, what is the opportunity cost of burgers for the United States, i.e. how many burgers must the United States give up to produce one phone? What would be an agreeable terms of trade for 1 phone? At the end of the video, a supply and demand graph of the phone market for both countries was shown. Explain why Mexico exported phones to the United States. Suppose, the market for burgers was shown rather than the market for phones in the supply and demand graphs. For the United States to export burgers and Mexico to import burgers, what would world price need to be. in each country, relative to the domestic price? Lastly, explain what a tariff is and the effect it can have on burger imports for Mexico.

Q1. Import quotas are
a. methods for reducing imports by limiting the quantity of goods that can enter the country each year
b. voluntary agreements by exporting countries to limit sales in a foreign country
c. subsidies to foreign producers to encourage them to trade
d. none of these

Q2. Devices that set up multiple exchange rates between the currencies of two nations are known as
a. tariff quotas
b. export subsidies
c. exchange controls
d. variable currencies

Q3. The international organization that replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is the
a. World Bank
b. Export-Import Bank
c. World Trade Organization
d. International Monetary Fund

Q4. Dumping refers to the practice of
a. flooding a foreign market with large quantities of a good
b. selling a product abroad at a price below cost or below the domestic price
c. exporting inexpensive products to foreign countries
d. selling surplus goods abroad with counterfeit brand names

Q5. Countries engage in trade because
a. the exchange is mutually beneficial
b. governments force industries to exchange
c. international law dictates that exchange must take place
d. all of these

Q6. According to the U. S. Department of Commerce, all persons, unrelated or related, who occupy a housing unit comprise
a. a family unit
b. a household
c. an extended family unit
d. group living

Q7. A country with an equal distribution of income will have a higher standard of living than a country with a more unequal distribution of income.
a. true
b. false

Q8. Welfare caseloads tend to fluctuate with
a. business cycles
b. weather
c. stock markets
d. minimum wage rates

Q9. The official poverty threshold line is adjusted annually for
a. income taxes
b. inflation
c. average household size
d. average family size

Q10. For many welfare recipients, taking a job reduces income.
a. true
b. false

Q11. It is true that a stable economy occurs when
a. total injections into the circular flow are large enough to make up for government tax leakages
b. total leakages from the circular flow are great enough to offset the effects of government spending
c. total planned leakages from the circular flow are exactly equal to total planned injections into the circular flow
d. actual saving is equal to planned investment

Q12. The measure of income received by persons from all sources is known as
a. personal income
b. national income
c. gross domestic product
d. net national product

Q13. Discharges of chemicals from a paper plant that pollute a nearby river represent an example of
a. internal costs
b. the underground economy
c. social costs
d. transfer costs

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