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Sources of Comparative Advantage

The Heckscher-Ohl in model rules out the classical model’s basis for trade by assuming that _________ is (are) identical between countries?

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The Heckscher-Ohl in model rules out the classical model’s basis for trade by assuming that _________ is (are) identical between countries?

A. factor endowments
B. factor intensities
C. technology
D. opportunity costs

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Declining costs per unit of output results from international trade especially if ?

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Declining costs per unit of output results from international trade especially if ?

A. International trade affords producers monopoly power
B. National governments levy imports tariffs and quotas
C. Producing goods entails increasing costs
D. Economies of scale exist for producers

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Dynamic comparative advantage theory ?

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Dynamic comparative advantage theory ?

A. helps explain why some nations use industrial policy to support potentially competitive new firms
B. cannot explain strategic competition between firms such as Boeing and Airbus
C. Is another name for Ricardo’s comparative advantage theory?
D. None of the above

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That the division of labor is limited by the size of the market best applies to which explanation of trade ?

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That the division of labor is limited by the size of the market best applies to which explanation of trade ?

A. Factor endowment theory
B. Product life cycle theory
C. Economies of scale theory
D. Overlapg demand theory

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_____ 1954 study of U.S trade patterns showed that U.S exports were labor-intensive compared with U.S imports, even though the United States was widely regarded as a relatively capital-abundant nation ?

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_____ 1954 study of U.S trade patterns showed that U.S exports were labor-intensive compared with U.S imports, even though the United States was widely regarded as a relatively capital-abundant nation ?

A. Paul Samuelson’s
B. Wolfgang Stolpher’s
C. Staffan Linder’s
D. Wassily Leontief’s

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For the United States empirical studies indicate that over the past two hundred years the cost of international transportation relative to the value of U.S imports has ?

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For the United States empirical studies indicate that over the past two hundred years the cost of international transportation relative to the value of U.S imports has ?

A. increased
B. Decreased
C. Not changed
D. Any of the above

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The trade model of the Swedish economies Heckscher and Ohlin maintains that ?

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The trade model of the Swedish economies Heckscher and Ohlin maintains that ?

A. Absolute advantage determines the distribution of the gains from trade
B. Comparative advantage determines the distribution of the gains from trade
C. The division of labor is limited by the size of the world market
D. A country exports goods for which its resource endowments are most suited

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Which trade theory contends that a country that initially develops and exports a new product may eventually become an importer of it and may no longer manufacture the product ?

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Which trade theory contends that a country that initially develops and exports a new product may eventually become an importer of it and may no longer manufacture the product ?

A. Theory of factor endowments
B. Theory of overlapg demands
C. Economies of scale theory
D. Product life cycle theory

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Interindustry trade can be explained by all of the following except ?

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Interindustry trade can be explained by all of the following except ?

A. high transportation costs as a proportion of product value
B. different growing seasons of the year for agricultural products
C. product differentiation for good such as automobiles
D. high per capita incomes in exporting countries

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