If a tariff is imposed on imports of shrimp into the United States, U.S. consumer surplus from shrimp will ________ and U.S. producer surplus from shrimp will ________

A) increase; increase
B) increase; decrease
C) decrease; increase
D) decrease; decrease
E) increase; not change

C

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If the price of a textbook rises and then students purchase fewer textbooks, an economic model can show a cause-and-effect relationship only if which of the following conditions holds:

a. students' incomes fall. b. tuition decreases. c. the number of students increases. d. everything else is constant. e. the bookstore no longer accepts used book trade-ins.

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