Consider again the economy of Andorra. The only difference with respect to exercise 1 is that now we assume that each unit of peanut production produces a social benifit of 10 ptas. (The supply and demand, and the world prices, are same as in exercise 1.) a) Calculate the total effect on welfare of an import tarriff of 5 per unit. b) Calculate the total effect of a production subsidy of 5 per unit. c) Why does the production subsidy lead to a higher welfare gain than the tariff?
Consider again the economy of Andorra. The only difference with respect to exercise 1 is that now we assume that each unit of peanut production produces a social benifit of 10 ptas. (The supply and demand, and the world prices, are same as in exercise 1.) a) Calculate the total effect on welfare of an import tarriff of 5 per unit. b) Calculate the total effect of a production subsidy of 5 per unit. c) Why does the production subsidy lead to a higher welfare gain than the tariff?
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