Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Protectionism

Protectionism — practice question

The diagram shows Dd and Sd as the domestic demand and supply curves for a product. Sw shows the world supply of the product under free trade, where the world price is Pw. The product’s starting domestic-market equilibrium consumption level is at E. If a tariff of t is introduced, world supply is then shown by Sw + tariff, at a price of Pw + t. What would be the level of domestic production and the total government revenue from tariffs after the tariff of t is introduced?

  • Alevel of domestic production: OQ2; total level of revenue from tariffs: JKMN
  • Blevel of domestic production: OQ2; total level of revenue from tariffs: OQ2MPw
  • Clevel of domestic production: Q1Q2; total level of revenue from tariffs: EJKL
  • Dlevel of domestic production: Q2Q3; total level of revenue from tariffs: KLM + JNE

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