Suppose Home is a small country. Use the graphs below to answer the questions.

a. Calculate Home consumer surplus and producer surplus in the absence of trade.
b. Now suppose that Home engages in trade and faces the world price, P* = $6. Determine the consumer and producer surplus under free trade. Does Home benefit from trade? Explain.
c. Concerned about the welfare of the local producers, the Home government imposes a tariff in the amount of $2 (i.e., t 5 $2). Determine the net effect of the tariff on the Home economy.

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Price Price 14 9 4 2 4 5 6 8 Quantity Import (a) Home market (b) Import market