The above figure shows the market for rice in Japan. SDomestic represents the domestic supply curve, and Sworld represents the world supply curve. If imported rice is banned, the loss in social welfare is

A) a + b + c + d + i + j.
B) a.
C) c + e.
D) a + b + c + d.


D

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