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A small country is considering imposing a tariff on imported wine at the rate of $5...

A small country is considering imposing a tariff on imported wine at the rate of $5 per bottle. Economists have estimated the following based on this tariff amount:

World price of wine (free trade):                $20 per bottle
Domestic production (free trade):               500,000 bottles
Domestic production (after tariff): 600,000 bottles
Domestic consumption (free trade):           750,000 bottles
Domestic consumption (after tariff):          650,000 bottles
The imposition of the tariff on wine will cause the country’s economic well-being to _____ by _____.

1)

fall; $0.5 million

2)

rise; $0.75 million

3)

fall; $100,000

4)

fall; $0.75 million
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