Jim Whitney Economics 311

February 08, 2012

 

Supply and Demand Geometry for International Trade: The world beer market: Results

U.S. market International market German market

Dollar values in the diagrams above (in $ million):
    For the U.S.: a=16, b=2, c=2, d=4
    For Germany: a'=10, b'=1, c'=1, d'=2

Complete the following table based on the values from the diagrams above:

  ----U.S.---- ---Germany---
Autarky price ___ ___
Free-trade price ___   
Free-trade quantities...
Produced ___ ___
Imported (+)/Exported (-) ___ ___
Consumed ___ ___
Welfare effects of free trade ($ million)...
Change in consumer surplus ___ ___
Change in producer surplus ___ ___
Change in national welfare ___ ___