Most economists agree that deregulation in the 1970s and 1980s greatly benefited consumers in the following industries, except:

As globalization tends to increase the proportion of imported inputs relative to domestically supplied components

A) the nominal tariff automatically increases. B) the rate of (effective) protection automatically decreases. C) the nominal tariff automatically decreases. D) the rate of (effective) protection automatically increases. E) the amount of tariffs levied increases.

Dumping is

a. the sale of a good by a foreign supplier in another country at a price below that charged by the supplier in its home market. b. an inappropriate method for getting rid of byproducts from a production process. c. a method to increase competitiveness in a market. d. all of the above. e. both a and c above.