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The above figure shows the market for rice in Japan where price is expressed in dollars. S represents the domestic supply curve, and the horizontal line at P = 1 represents the world supply curve. A $1 per unit tariff has the same effect on producer and consumer surplus as a quota of
◦ Q
1 units.
◦ Q
2 units.
◦ Q
2 - Q
1 units.
◦ Q
1 - Q
2 units.