Consider a small open economy of Guyana that faces the following domestic demand and supply for sugar. Supply: Q = 0.25P − 2.5 Demand: Q = 50 − P where quantity is in metric tons and price is in Guyanese dollars (GYD).
Suppose the world price of a metric ton of sugar is GYD 20. What is the quantity of sugar that the country imports?
Feeling that local producers of sugar need protection from foreign competition, the government imposes a quota of 10 metric tons and gives away the quota licenses to the domestic producers of sugar.
a) What will the local price now be?
b) Given the price you calculated above, what is the quantity domestic consumers will be willing to buy? What is the quantity domestic producers will be willing to supply?
c) What is the value of the producer surplus?
d) What is the value of the government surplus?
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