Jim Whitney | March 16, 2011 |
Infant industry analysis Brazil's steel market as an infant industry
Because of time needed to learn, Brazil's steel supply is initially
too costly to compete at the world price. Suppose that Brazil's goal is to get a steel
industry established, with output at Q=6. However, Brazil's steel industry cannot get
started without government help.
Consider the impact of a tariff and a production subsidy as two
infant-industry options for encouraging production at Q=6.
Step 1: Complete the tariff column in the table below.
Step 2: Complete the subsidy column in the table.
Tariff |
Production subsidy | |
Price buyers pay (Pb) | ||
Price domestic sellers receive (Ps) | ||
Compared to free trade: | ||
Change in consumer surplus | ||
Change in producer surplus | ||
Change in government revenue | ||
Change in national welfare |