The excess of total credits over total debits in the current and private capital accounts is called the A) BOP deficit. B) BOP surplus. C) official settlements account surplus. D) official settlements account deficit. ANSWER C
Date: September 10th, 2020
The proposal that trade agreements should include a system which monitors worker conditions and make the results available to consumers in the rich importing country A) is consistent with the Invisible Hand paradigm. B) is consistent with the market failure approach. C) is consistent with the Ricardian theory of comparative advantage. D) is consistent with […]
Date: September 10th, 2020
If the goods’ money prices do not change, a depreciation of the dollar against the pound A) makes British sweaters cheaper in terms of American jeans. B) makes British sweaters more expensive in terms of American jeans. C) makes American jeans more expensive in terms of British sweaters. D) doesn’t change the relative price of […]
Date: September 10th, 2020
Discuss the relationship between PPP and the Law of One Price. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The law of one price applies to individual commodities while PPP applies to the general price level. Proponents of PPP argue that its validity in the long run doesn’t require the law of one price to […]
Date: September 10th, 2020
One reason that a large share of the trade between high-income industrial economies is intraindustry trade is because A) it is more advantageous than interindustry trade. B) high-income industrial economies produce in the first stage of the product cycle. C) high-income industrial economies are wealthier than developing countries. D) high-income industrial economies have dissimilar resource […]
Date: September 10th, 2020
The United States international investment position is negative. Indicate whether the statement is true or false ANSWER TRUE
Date: September 10th, 2020
Import substitution industrialization in Latin America A) relied on increased exports. B) provided subsidies for exports. C) shifted the bulk of exports away from primary commodities. D) created disincentives to export. E) Answers A and C are correct. ANSWER D
Date: September 10th, 2020
MacDougall compared export ratios and labor productivity ratios for the United States and the United Kingdom in order to test the A) classical theory. B) the Heckscher-Ohlin theory. C) the Linder hypothesis. D) All of the above. ANSWER A
Date: September 10th, 2020
________ indicates whether a country is a net borrower from or lender to the rest of the world. A) The basic balance B) The liquidity balance C) The capital account D) The current account ANSWER D
Date: September 10th, 2020
Intraindustry trade relies on A) economies of scale. B) the product cycle. C) differences in factor endowments. D) government industrial policies. E) monopoly pricing. ANSWER A
Date: September 10th, 2020
