When the Nation of Mooseland First Permitted Trade with Other

question 168

Multiple Choice

When the nation of Mooseland first permitted trade with other nations,domestic producers of sugar experienced a decrease in producer surplus of $5 million and total surplus in Mooseland's sugar market increased by $2 million.We can conclude that

• A)Mooseland became an exporter of sugar.
• B)the overall economic well-being of participants in the sugar market in Mooseland fell because of trade.
• C)consumer surplus in Mooseland increased by $7 million.
• D)the opening of trade caused the domestic demand curve for sugar in Mooseland to shift to the right.

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