Figure 6.5 Japanese Market for Jetliners

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Multiple Choice

Figure 6.5 Japanese Market for Jetliners
-Consider the Japanese market for jetliners as depicted in Figure 6.5.Suppose the lone producer of jetliners in the world is Boeing, which faces a constant marginal cost of $20 million per jetliner, but now a European manufacturer, Airbus, begins production.Airbus faces the same marginal cost as Boeing, but the European government provides Airbus with a subsidy of $8 million per jetliner produced.As a result of the competition, Boeing leaves the Japanese market, leaving Airbus as a monopoly.As a result of the entry of the subsidized producer, what will happen to the consumer surplus gained by Japanese airlines from buying jetliners?

• A) decrease by $109 million
• B) nothing
• C) increase by $50 million
• D) increase by $109 million

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