ECON 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Infant Industry Argument, Invisible Hand, Market Power

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6 Nov 2016

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University of Illinois

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Economics

Course

ECON 103

Professor

Mc Dermott Eric

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World price: the price of a good that prevails in the world market for that good. Domestic price > world price: country imports goods. Domestic price < world price: country exports goods. Once trade is allowed, domestic price rises to meet world price. Sellers sell more goods due to exports but consumers have to deal with higher prices. Trade raises economic well-being of country since gains of winners exceed losses of losers. Once trade is allowed, domestic price falls to meet world price. Consumers are winners because they have access to goods at lower prices, and domestic sellers are losers because their prices fall from outside competition. Tariff: tax on goods produced abroad and sold domestically. Tariff reduces quantity of imports and moves market closer to equilibrium that would exist without trade. Tariff causes deadweight loss because it is a form of tax. Increased variety of goods: goods produced in different countries are not exactly the same.

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2. Winners and losers from free trade

Consider the market for meekers in the imaginary economy of Meekertown. In the absence of international trade, the domestic price of a meeker is $21. Suppose that the world price for a meeker is $22. Assume that Meekertown is too small to influence the world price for meekers once they enter the international market.

If Meekertown allows free trade, then it will meekers.

Given current economic conditions in Meekertown, complete the following table by indicating whether each of the statements is true or false.

Statement	True	False
Meekertownian consumers are worse off under free trade than they were before.
Meekertownian producers are worse off under free trade than they were before.

True or False: When a country is too small to affect the world price, allowing for free trade will always increase total surplus in that country, regardless of whether it imports or exports as a result of international trade.

True

False

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?

1. We can conclude that international trade is beneficial because, regardless of whether the country imports or exports a good, the overall increase in well-being outweighs the losses associated with trade.

Is the statement true or false?

2. Owners of firms in young industries should be willing to incur temporary losses if they believe that those firms will be profitable in the long run. This observation helps to explain why many economists are skeptical about the:

a. Unfair-competition argument.

b. Infant-industry argument.

c. national-security argument.

d. Jobs argument

3. Suppose that the U.S. has a comparative advantage in the production of spreadsheet software. As a result of opening up the market to international trade:

a. U.S. citizens benefit from lower software prices, increasing consumer surplus in the market.

b. U.S. producers benefit from higher software prices, increasing producer surplus in the market.

c. U.S. software producers are harmed since the price that these producers receive will decline as the price falls to the world price.

d. total surplus in this market will remain unchanged, as the decline in benefits received by software producers exactly balances the increase in benefits received by US software consumers.

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