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Suppose that Malaysia is a small open economy; hence, Malaysia is unable to influence world price. The supply and demand schedules for TV set are depicted in Table A. Additionally, the equilibrium price and quantity for Malaysia's market for TV sets is $25 and 10, respectively.
Table A: Supply and Demand: TV Sets (Malaysia)
Price of TVSQuantity SupplyQuantity Demanded 0 0 2010 4 1620 8 1230 12 840 16 450 20 0(a) Given this information, calculate the value of Malaysian consumer surplus and producer surplus.
(b) Under free-trade conditions, assume Malaysia imports TV sets at a price of $10 each.
(i) How many TV sets will be produced, consumed, and imported?
(ii) Calculate the dollar value of Malaysian consumer surplus and producer surplus?
(c) Suppose that free trade is hurting the domestic producers in Malaysia. To protect its producers from foreign competition, the Malaysian government levies a specific tariff of $10 on imported TV sets.
(i) Compute the value of the tariff's consumption, protective, redistributive, and revenue effects.
(ii) Calculate the amount of deadweight welfare imposed on the Malaysian economy by the specific tariff.