Economics Mcqs – MCQs

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1.Which type of international price discrimination, often linked to economic downturns or surplus stock in the exporting country, is referred to as?

2.What best describes a tariff-rate quota?

3.Which of the following is NOT considered a nontariff barrier to trade?

4.Which type of quota involves foreign entities possessing quota licenses?

5.Under what condition can the government of the importing country capture the revenue generated by an import quota?

6.Which factor greatly influences the welfare impact of a quota?

7.Which type of quota results in a total prohibition of trade?

8.In some sectors, Japanese companies avoid dismissing employees, resulting in surplus products that cannot be sold domestically without reducing prices. To minimize losses, these products are sold abroad at prices significantly lower than those in Japan. What is this practice called?

9.Do governments worldwide frequently sell quota licenses to the highest bidder through auctions?

10.What does it imply to claim that South Koreans are dumping their DVDs in the United States?

11.Which of the following is NOT a typical consequence of import quotas?

12.When import licenses are sold through an auction to local importers in a competitive market, who receives the revenue generated from their scarcity value?

13.If the government grants a $10 subsidy for every calculator produced to support local manufacturers, what will be the new quantity of imports and the resulting deadweight loss to the Canadian economy?

14.What are the equilibrium price and quantity for calculators in Canada when there is no international trade?

15.How does an import quota compare to a tariff in terms of restricting imports when domestic demand is rising?

16.If Norway's government enforces an import quota of 800 computers to limit imports, how will the consumer surplus and producer surplus change compared to a free trade scenario? Can you determine these changes by graphing the data provided?

17.What are Norway's equilibrium price and quantity when there is no trade?

18.What is the primary purpose of imposing antidumping duties?

19.If both a tariff and an import quota cause the same rise in the domestic price of steel, what is the effect on production and consumption?

20.When a tariff and an import quota cause the same increase in the domestic steel price, what differs between the two policies?