Some argue that tariffs always hurt the imposing country's economic welfare, and are typically designed to shift resources from one sector to another, protected or preferred one, within an economy. Find and discuss a counter example to this argument
What will be an ideal response?
The optimum tariff is theoretically a first-best trade policy.
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During a recession, the unemployment rate
A) is, by definition, above 25 percent. B) is, by definition, above 10 percent. C) usually increases but not necessarily to 10 percent or 25 percent. D) remains constant. E) usually decreases.
With a vertical LM curve, an increase in the money supply can be matched by an equal increase in money demand only through ________, which causes monetary policy to be particularly ________
A) a rise in income, strong B) a rise in income, weak C) a fall in the interest rate, strong D) a fall in the interest rate, weak
If the tax elasticity of supply is 0.6 and tax rates increase by 10 percent, the quantity of labor supplied will
A. Decrease by 1.67 percent. B. Increase by 6 percent. C. Decrease by 6 percent. D. Increase by 1.67 percent.
________________________: price concessions from the seller, the expected cost of expenditures must be added to the observed transaction price, if, in fact, the expenditures were made after the acquisition.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).