ECON 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Deadweight Loss

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Domestic demand curve: shows how the quantity demanded by domestic consumers depends on the price of that good. Domestic supply curve: shows how the quantity supplied of a good by domestic producers depends on the price of that good. The effects of trade on domestic prices. World price: price at which the good can be bought or sold abroad. When a market is opened to trade, competition among importers or exporters drives the domestic price to equality with the world price. If the world price is lower than the domestic price, trade leads to imports and a fall in the domestic price towards the world price. There are overall gains from trade because consumer gains exceed the producer losses. Demand for workers in domestic industry drops, reduces wages to domestic workers in those industries. Winners win more than losers lose, so winners could compensate the losers. There are overall gains from trade because producer gains exceed the consumer losses.

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