1.1. Due to a strike by truckers, trade in food between the United States and Mexico is...

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1.1. Due to a strike by truckers, trade in food between the United States and Mexico is halted. In autarky, the price of Mexican grapes is lower than that of U.S. grapes. Using a diagram of the U.S. domestic demand curve and the U.S. domestic supply curve for grapes, explain the effect of these events on the following.

a. U.S. grape consumers’ surplus

b. U.S. grape producers’ surplus

c. U.S. total surplus

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Economics

ISBN: 978-0716771586

2nd Edition

Authors: Paul Krugman ,Robin Wells

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