Exam 19: Comparative Advantage and the Open Economy

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Suppose that opportunity costs in India and Australia are constant.In India,maximum feasible hourly production rates are either 0.3 unit of cloth or 0.2 unit of food.In Australia,maximum feasible hourly production rates are either 0.5 unit of cloth or 0.5 unit of food.It is correct to state that

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Dumping is defined as

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Comparative advantage is defined as

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Maximum Feasible Hourly Production Rates for Either Food or Cloth Using All Available Resources Food Cloth U.S. 4 3 Mexico 12 6 -Using the data in the above table,and assuming constant opportunity costs,it is likely that

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What is GATT and what happened to tariff rates as a result of GATT?

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Maximum Feasible Hourly Production Rates (in Tons) of Either Cookies or Coffee Using All Available Resources Product CountryAlpha CountryBeta Cookies 3 8 Coffee 9 4 -Use the above table.Assuming constant opportunity costs,the opportunity cost of producing coffee in country Alpha is ________,and the opportunity cost of producing coffee in country Beta is ________.

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Maximum Feasible Hourly Production Rate Chen Holly Units of Good X 50 40 Units of Good Y 25 100 -According to the above table,which assumes that opportunity costs of producing goods X and Y are constant,Holly has comparative advantage in production of

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The two groups that benefit the most from quotas are

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Suppose that opportunity costs are constant and that Fred can either bake a maximum of six pies or three cakes in a day.Ethel can either produce a maximum of eight pies or two cakes in a day.Fred's opportunity cost to produce one cake is

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All of the following are arguments in favor of restricting trade EXCEPT

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Selling a good abroad below the price charged in the home market,or at a price below the cost of production is called

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The WTO

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a regional trade bloc?

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When nations specialize according to their comparative advantage

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The trend in current tariff laws is to

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The concept of "global competitiveness"

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The basic proposition in international trade is that

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If protective import-restricting quota are imposed by a country,all of the following groups benefit EXCEPT

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Maximum Feasible Hourly Production Rates (in Tons) of Either Wine or Beef Using All Available Resources Product Argentina France Wine(gallons) 30 60 Beef(pounds) 10 30 -Use the above table.Assuming constant opportunity costs,a comparative advantage in producing beef is possessed by

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Which of the following is a TRUE statement?

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