Q4. The supply S and demand D for sugar in US are: S = 3500 + 6.2P D = 10500 – 3.8P where P is the price of sugar (in tons) and S and D are in thousand tons. The world price is 300 $/ton. Assume that the US is a small country in the sugar market. (a) If there was free trade, how much sugar would the United States import from the rest of the world?
Q4. The supply S and demand D for sugar in US are: S = 3500 + 6.2P D = 10500 – 3.8P where P is the price of sugar (in tons) and S and D are in thousand tons. The world price is 300 $/ton. Assume that the US is a small country in the sugar market. (a) If there was free trade, how much sugar would the United States import from the rest of the world?
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![Q4. The supply S and demand D for sugar in US are:
S = 3500 + 6.2P
D = 10500 – 3.8P
where P is the price of sugar (in tons) and S and D are in thousand tons. The world price is 300
$/ton. Assume that the US is a small country in the sugar market.
(a) If there was free trade, how much sugar would the United States import from the rest of the
world?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fcc79aa66-dec5-4abc-99bc-509624c335fb%2Fd2ef8b07-b1f8-4e90-b95f-6342c9777b8e%2Fxenju4e_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Q4. The supply S and demand D for sugar in US are:
S = 3500 + 6.2P
D = 10500 – 3.8P
where P is the price of sugar (in tons) and S and D are in thousand tons. The world price is 300
$/ton. Assume that the US is a small country in the sugar market.
(a) If there was free trade, how much sugar would the United States import from the rest of the
world?
![(b) The US puts a quota limiting imports of sugar to 2000 thousand tons. What is the domestic
price that prevail under this quota. What ad-valorem tariff would have led to the same level
of 2000 thousand tons of imports.
(c) Draw a graph showing the sugar market in the US. Assume that the import licenses are freely
distributed to the importers. How much have consumer surplus and producer surplus changed
compared to the free trade? What is the net gain/cost to government? What is the net social
gain/loss of this intervention?
(d) Knowing that there are about 12.000 workers in the sugar industry, what is the gain per worker
for the sugar industry? With 275 million customers in the US, what is the cost of the policy per
customer? Explain briefly the political economy of this policy, that is why it is implemented
despite its inefficiency.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fcc79aa66-dec5-4abc-99bc-509624c335fb%2Fd2ef8b07-b1f8-4e90-b95f-6342c9777b8e%2F713hu4_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:(b) The US puts a quota limiting imports of sugar to 2000 thousand tons. What is the domestic
price that prevail under this quota. What ad-valorem tariff would have led to the same level
of 2000 thousand tons of imports.
(c) Draw a graph showing the sugar market in the US. Assume that the import licenses are freely
distributed to the importers. How much have consumer surplus and producer surplus changed
compared to the free trade? What is the net gain/cost to government? What is the net social
gain/loss of this intervention?
(d) Knowing that there are about 12.000 workers in the sugar industry, what is the gain per worker
for the sugar industry? With 275 million customers in the US, what is the cost of the policy per
customer? Explain briefly the political economy of this policy, that is why it is implemented
despite its inefficiency.
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