Multiple Choice
Which of the following phenomena CANNOT be explained by the simple comparative advantage theory?
A) A country that does not have much farmland tends to import agricultural goods.
B) A country with a lot of skilled labor tends to export highly technical goods.
C) A country tends to export the goods that it can produce at a lower opportunity cost.
D) A country imports and exports the same goods.
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