Exam 9: Comparative Advantage, Exchange Rates, and Globalization

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Assume that in Canada the opportunity cost of producing one television set is two bushels of wheat.Assume that in the United States the opportunity cost of producing one bushel of wheat is two television sets.If these two countries specialize according to comparative advantage and then trade with each other:

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The United States imports:

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The discovery of a significant new source of oil that can be exported will shift the:

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Countries that exported a lot of gas or oil would see their exchange rates go up as a result.This in turn could make their manufacturing exports uncompetitive and possibly slow economic growth.This situation can be described as the:

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When considering outsourcing, most laypeople:

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The United States has a trade deficit when the value of the goods and services we import exceeds the value of the goods and services we export.

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Most economists:

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