A Level Economics (9708)•9708/11/M/J/18

Explanation
Tariff Effects on Surpluses Steps:
- Identify world price Pw on horizontal supply; tariff raises domestic price to Pw + Pt, reducing quantity demanded from Qw to Qt.
- Loss in consumer surplus is trapezoid between Pw and Pw+Pt under demand curve, split into rectangle (tariff revenue) and triangles (deadweight losses).
- Government revenue is rectangle: tariff Pt times reduced imports (Qw - Qt).
- In diagram, x-y labels trapezoid for CS loss; x labels rectangle for revenue.
Why A is correct:
- A identifies CS loss as full trapezoid (x-y) and revenue as rectangle (x), per standard tariff analysis where CS loss = revenue gain + DWL.
Why the others are wrong:
- B includes z (one DWL triangle) in revenue, overstating government gain.
- C provides no areas, ignoring both effects.
- D uses y and z (partial DWL only), missing full CS loss and revenue.
Final answer: A
Topic: Protectionism
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