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Suppose a Nation Is Considering Two Alternative Policies to Protect

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Suppose a nation is considering two alternative policies to protect a domestic industry from world trade. The two policies are an import quota of X units and a per-unit tariff that would reduce imports to X units. Though either policy would result in only X imported units of this good, there is a fundamental difference in the outcome. Explain this difference.


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