How do imports affect buyers' consumer surplus?
What will be an ideal response?
Consumer surplus increases. It increases because imports lower the price of the good being imported, so buyers purchase more of the good and hence their consumer surplus increases.
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Suppose the quantity of oranges demanded is less than the quantity supplied. Then
A) the market still clears, because consumers can buy all the oranges they wish at the prevailing market price. B) the market still clears, because producers can sell all the oranges they wish at the prevailing market price. C) the market clears, but is not fully coordinated. D) oranges are no longer scarce goods. E) none of the above is true.
In consumer equilibrium, which of the following is true? a. The marginal utility from the consumption of each good is the same
b. The marginal utility from the consumption of each good is zero. c. The marginal utility from the consumption of the last dollar's worth of each good is the same. d. The total utility from the consumption of each good is the same.