Microeconomics
Microeconomics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781319098780
Author: Paul Krugman, Robin Wells
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Chapter 8, Problem 8P
To determine

  1. Through a diagram, the domestic demand and supply curves when the world price of oranges is $0.30 and the United States introduces an import quota of 3000 oranges and assigns the quota rents to foreign orange exporters.
  2. The domestic price of oranges after the introduction of the quota
  3. The area representing the quota rent on the graph and the value of the quota rents that the foreign exporters of oranges receive.

Concept Introduction:

An Import quota is a limit on the goods that can be imported. Quota rent is the revenue generated to the license holder and not the government.

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