The world producer price for baseball is $24 per dozen, and almost all of them are produced
outside the United States. Suppose the U.S. demand curve and supply curves are:
QD = 100 000 – 2 000 P
QS = - 10 000 + 1 000 P
P : price per dozen
Q: dozens
1) Before a tariff is imposed, what is the U.S. equilibrium price? Domestic consumption?
Domestic production? imports?
2) Congress has decided to help the baseballmanufacturing industry by imposing a tariff of $ 6 per dozen. What are the new equilibrium price, domestic consumption, domestic production, and imports?
3) What are the losses to U.S. consumers, gains to U.S. producers, and deadweight loss? (Hint: The area of a trapezoid is [height] [ base 1 + base 2 ] / 2 where base 1 and base 2 are the parallel sides of the trapezoid.)
Task #273282
(1). Before a tariff is imposed, what is the U.S. equilibrium price? Domestic consumption? Domestic production? imports?
Solution:
The domestic consumption equilibrium is:
"QD = 100 000 \u2013 2 000 P"
"P =\\$24"
"QD = 100 000 \u2013 2 000 (24)= 52,000"
The domestic production equilibrium is :
"QS = - 10 000 + 1 000 P"
"P=\\$24"
"QS = - 10 000 + 1 000 (24)= 14,000"
Imports :
"I= 52,000-14,000=38,000"
"I=38,000"
(2) . Congress has decided to help the baseball manufacturing industry by imposing a tariff of $ 6 per dozen. What are the new equilibrium price, domestic consumption, domestic production, and imports?
Solution;
The new equilibrium price after the tariff is:
"P= 24 + 6=\\$ 30"
The domestic consumption equilibrium is:
"QD = 100 000 \u2013 2 000 P"
"P=\\$30"
"QD = 100 000 \u2013 2 000 (30)= 40,000"
The domestic production equilibrium is :
"QS = - 10 000 + 1 000 P"
"P=\\$30"
"QS = - 10 000 + 1 000 (30) = 20,000"
Imports fall from:
"I= 40,000-20,000= 20,000"
"I= 20,000"
(3). What are the losses to U.S. consumers, gains to U.S. producers, and dead weight loss? (Hint: The area of a trapezoid is [height] [ base 1 + base 2 ] / 2 where base 1 and base 2 are the parallel sides of the trapezoid.)
Solution:
The loss in consumer surplus is the area of the trapezoid:
"\\$6(\\frac {40,000+52,000}{2}) =\\$276,000"
The gain in producer surplus is the are of the trapezoid:
"\\$6(\\frac{20,000+14000}{2})= \\$102,000"
Revenue earned by the government form the tariff:
"\\$6(40,000-20000)=\\$120,000"
Dead weight loss:
"\\$276,000-\\$102,000-\\$120,000= \\$54,000"
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