Question: 6 . ( a ) Autoland wants to set up an automobile industry. The free trade price of an automobile is $ 8 0

 

6. (a) Autoland wants to set up an automobile industry.

The free trade price of an automobile is $8000 and the imports of auto-components which go into the making of an automobile are priced at $4000. Answer the following questions:

(i) If the government imposes an ad valorem tariff of 20 percent on automobile imports, what is the effective rate of protection (ERP) offered to the industry?

(ii) Suppose Autoland wants to set up its own auto-components industry and hence the government imposes an ad valorem tariff of 10 percent on imports of auto- components, with no tariffs on automobiles. What would be the new ERP offered to the automobile industry?

(iii) In continuation to Part (i), now suppose, the government of Autoland imposes an ad valorem tariff of 10 percent on imports of auto-components along with the existing tariff on automobiles. What would be the new ERP offered to the automobile industry?

(iv) Critically analyze which of the three policies used by the government of Autoland to develop its own automobile industry, protects the domestic automobile producers the most.

 

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