If coffee beans cost 4 pence per cup, how can big retailers like Starbucks or Costa Coffee sell a small cappuccino for £3.00? Comment from: Is the Price of Starbucks a rip off? Is the price of Starbucks coffee a rip off you ask… I have seen on this website you have written some article …
What would be the impact of the US placing a tariff on the import of steel and aluminium into the US A tariff on imports of foreign steel would raise the price of imported steel and encourage US firms and consumers to buy domestically produced steel instead. At the moment, American producers find it cheaper …
Antitrust policy refers to government intervention in markets dominated by monopolies and abuse of monopoly power. In the UK, antitrust policy is better known as simply competition policy, with the OFT and Competition and Markets authority investigating mergers and abuse of monopoly power. In the US, antitrust become important in the late nineteenth century, when …
Readers Question: I heard this over the radio one day and was dumbfounded. Can you please explain what the phrase means? Higher tax rates exact real economic costs: Maybe two dollars in deadweight loss to the economy for every extra one dollar collected. I am not asking what your beliefs are (liberal or conservative), I …
If countries specialize in the production of certain goods and then trade with other countries there will be an increase in economic welfare. Countries will specialize in those goods where they have a comparative advantage. Absolute Advantage This occurs when one country can produce a good with fewer resources than another. E.G. if USA can …
Distributive efficiency occurs when goods and services are consumed by those who need them most. Distributive efficiency is concerned with an equitable distribution of resources because of the law of diminishing marginal returns. The Law of diminishing marginal returns states that as consumption of a good increase we tend to get diminishing marginal utility. For …
The infant industry argument states that developing countries are justified to put tariffs on imports if they are seeking to develop new industries and diversify their economy. In particular, there is a justification for placing tariffs on industries where a country has a latent comparative advantage. This means that if they can develop infrastructure and economies …
Readers Question: what are the benefits and costs of a tariff on consumers, producers, employment levels and the government? The effect of tariffs on consumers Tariffs increase the cost of imports, leading to higher prices (P1 to P2) for consumers and a decline in consumer surplus. For example, UK consumers have lost out from EU …