If Adjustment Costs Associated with Removing Trade Restrictions Are High

question 35

Multiple Choice

If adjustment costs associated with removing trade restrictions are high, then

• A)consumers will end up worse off because government payments to workers who lost their jobs will increase.
• B)the benefits of free trade can be used to compensate workers who lost their jobs.
• C)the benefits of free trade will be negative.
• D)there are no benefits of free trade.
• E)None of these

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