A countervailing duty is a tariff that is levied to counteract
A) the dumping of goods in the domestic market by foreign firms.
B) a sudden surge of imports which hurt a domestic industry.
C) subsidies given to foreign firms by their own governments.
D) the tariff on domestic goods that are enacted by foreign governments.
E) low prices for imported goods that are made in countries with low wages.
C
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Consider the indifference maps shown above. If X and Y are perfect substitutes, your indifference curves between them would look like those in
A) Figure A. B) Figure B. C) Figure C. D) Figure D.
If the absolute value of the price elasticity of demand for a product is 1.5, and the price of a product increased 30 percent, then the quantity demanded will decline by
A) 45 percent. B) 20 percent. C) 5 percent. D) 10 percent.