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Answer the question on the basis of the following domestic supply and demand schedules for a product.Suppose that the world price of the product is $1.  Quantity  Supplied  (Domestic)   Price  Quantity  Demanded  (Domestic)  12$52104473742111116\begin{array} { c c c } \begin{array} { c } \text { Quantity } \\\text { Supplied } \\\text { (Domestic) }\end{array} & \text { Price } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Quantity } \\\text { Demanded } \\\text { (Domestic) }\end{array} \\12 & \$ 5 & 2 \\10 & 4 & 4 \\7 & 3 & 7 \\4 & 2 & 11 \\1 & 1 & 16\end{array} Refer to the given data.With a $1-per-unit tariff,prices (revenue per unit) received by domestic and foreign producers respectively will be:


A) $2 and $1.
B) $1 and $2.
C) $2 and $2.
D) $3 and $2.

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Trade adjustment assistance provides subsidies to companies that have lost business to foreign firms.

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Suppose the United States eliminates high tariffs on German bicycles.As a result,we would expect:


A) the price of German bicycles to increase in the United States.
B) employment to decrease in the German bicycle industry.
C) employment to decrease in the U.S.bicycle industry.
D) profits to rise in the U.S.bicycle industry.

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Trade adjustment assistance:


A) provides financial assistance to all unemployed workers in the United States.
B) guarantees jobs for all workers displaced by imports or plant relocations abroad.
C) provides assistance to about 20 percent of unemployed U.S.workers each year.
D) provides cash assistance for workers displaced by imports or plant relocations abroad.

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Answer the question on the basis of the following domestic supply and demand schedules for a product.Suppose that the world price of the product is $1.  Quantity  Supplied  (Domestic)   Price  Quantity  Demanded  (Domestic)  12$52104473742111116\begin{array} { c c c } \begin{array} { c } \text { Quantity } \\\text { Supplied } \\\text { (Domestic) }\end{array} & \text { Price } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Quantity } \\\text { Demanded } \\\text { (Domestic) }\end{array} \\ 12 & \$ 5 & 2 \\10 & 4 & 4 \\7 & 3 & 7 \\4 & 2 & 11 \\1 & 1 & 16\end{array} Refer to the given data.If this nation were entirely closed to international trade,equilibrium price and quantity would be:


A) $5 and 2 units.
B) $1 and 1 unit.
C) $4 and 4 units.
D) $3 and 7 units.

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Answer the question on the basis of the following data for the hypothetical nations of Alpha and Beta.Qs is domestic quantity supplied and Qd is domestic quantity demanded.  Domestic Market For Steel, Alpha Qs6040302010P$54321Qd1020304050\begin{array}{c}\underline{\text { Domestic Market For Steel, Alpha }}\\\begin{array}{c}\underline{Q_{s}}\\ 60\\40\\30\\20\\10 \end{array}\begin{array}{c}\underline{P}\\\$ 5 \\4 \\3 \\2 \\1 \end{array}\begin{array}{l}\underline{Q_{d}} \\10 \\20 \\30 \\40 \\50 \end{array}\end{array}  Domestic Market For Steel, Beta Qs8070605040P$54321Qd2030405060\begin{array}{c}\underline{\text { Domestic Market For Steel, Beta }}\\\begin{array}{c}\underline{Q_{s}}\\ 80 \\70 \\60 \\50 \\40\end{array}\begin{array}{c}\underline{P}\\\$ 5 \\4 \\3 \\2 \\1 \end{array}\begin{array}{l}\underline{Q_{d}} \\20 \\30 \\40 \\50 \\60 \end{array}\end{array} Refer to the given data.Assuming that Alpha and Beta are the only two nations in the world,the equilibrium world price of steel must be between:


A) $5 and $4.
B) $4 and $3.
C) $3 and $2.
D) $2 and $1.

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The terms of trade reflect the:


A) rate at which gold exchanges internationally for any domestic currency.
B) ratio at which nations will exchange two goods.
C) fact that the gains from trade will be equally divided.
D) cost conditions embodied in a single country's production possibilities curve.

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A nation's export supply curve for a specific product:


A) is upsloping.
B) shows the amount of the product it will export at prices below its domestic price.
C) lies below its import demand curve for the product.
D) depends on domestic supply of the product,but not on domestic demand.

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The law of increasing opportunity costs limits international specialization.

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Answer the question on the basis of the following information.Assume that by devoting all its resources to the production of X,nation Alpha can produce 20 units of X.By devoting all its resources to Y,Alpha can produce 30Y.Comparable figures for nation Beta are 60X and 40Y. Refer to the given information.Alpha would prefer terms of trade at,or close to,1X = 2/3Y.

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Dumping of goods abroad:


A) constitutes a general case for permanent tariffs.
B) may be part of a firm's price discrimination strategy.
C) may be part of a nation's strategy to rectify its trade deficit.
D) drives up prices of the dumped goods.

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A high tariff on imported good X might reduce domestic employment in industry Y if:


A) X is an input used domestically in producing Y.
B) X and Y are substitute goods.
C) X is an inferior good.
D) Y is an inferior good.

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