When a Country That Exported a Particular Good Abandons a Free-Trade

question 302

Multiple Choice

When a country that exported a particular good abandons a free-trade policy and adopts a no-trade policy,

• A)consumer surplus increases and total surplus increases in the market for that good.
• B)consumer surplus increases and total surplus decreases in the market for that good.
• C)consumer surplus decreases and total surplus increases in the market for that good.
• D)consumer surplus decreases and total surplus decreases in the market for that good.

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Definitions:

Allowance Method

An accounting technique to estimate and record bad debts by recognizing a provision for accounts receivable that might not be collected.

Bad Debt Expense

An expense recorded by businesses to reflect irrecoverable amounts owed by customers, considered an unavoidable cost of extending credit.

Uncollectibles

Debts owed to a company that are considered unlikely to be paid and are often written off as bad debt.

Direct Write-off Method

A method of accounting for bad debts that directly writes off unpaid invoices when they are deemed uncollectible.