If two countries engage in Free Trade following the principles of comparative advantage, then A) neither relative prices nor relative marginal costs (marginal rates of transformation-MRTs) in one country will equal those in the other country. B) both relative prices and MRTs will become equal in both countries. C) relative prices but not MRTs will […]
Latin America A) is significantly smaller than the NAFTA market in terms of population. B) has a smaller population, but a larger GDP than the NAFTA market. C) has a larger population than the NAFTA market. D) is similar in population to the NAFTA market. ANSWER C
Many economists argue that the sharp reduction in U.S. net exports in the mid 1980s was due to A) expansionary U.S. monetary policy. B) contractionary U.S. monetary policy. C) expansionary U.S. fiscal policy. D) contractionary U.S. fiscal policy. ANSWER C
The invocation of beggar-thy-neighbor arguments with respect to industrial policies A) strengthens the argument for subsidies. B) makes sense if the international Keynesian multipliers exceed unity. C) applies only to rich countries most of whose trade partners are very poor countries. D) weakens the argument for subsidies. E) does not apply to rich countries who […]
Assume that labor is the only factor of production and that wages in the United States equal $20 per hour while wages in Japan are $10 per hour. Production costs would be lower in the United States as compared to Japan if A) U.S. labor productivity equaled 40 units per hour and Japan’s 15 units […]
France is capital abundant and Italy is labor abundant. Shoes are labor intensive and wheat is capital intensive. Draw diagrams to illustrate the pre- and post-trade equilibria for each of the two countries including the production points, the consumption points, the international price, and the volumes of exports and imports for each. Be sure to […]
________ is the largest international debtor in the world. A) Brazil B) Mexico C) Italy D) The United States ANSWER D
Intraindustry trade refers to A) international trade of products made within the same industry. B) international trade of products made across different industries. C) trade that occurs as a result of comparative advantage. D) the exchange of non-similar items. E) trade that occurs mostly within developing countries. ANSWER A
A firm in long-run equilibrium under monopolistic competition will earn A) zero economic profits because of free entry. B) positive monopoly profits because each sells a differentiated product. C) positive oligopoly profits because each firm sells a differentiated product. D) negative economic profits because it has economies of scale. E) positive economic profit if it […]
It is argued that import substitution is a misguided trade policy if the intent is to promote long-term economic growth. Explain the reasons underlying this argument. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Import substitution promotes that economic activity in which the country is relatively inefficient. This lowers the real income at any given […]
