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Economics Mcqs 4423 MCQs [All-Courses]

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Intra-industry trade theory ?

A Explains why the United States might export autos and import clothing

B Explains why the United States might export and import differentiated versions of the same product such as different types of autos

C Assumes that transport costs are very low or do not exist

D ignores seasonal considerations for agricultural goods

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Correct Answer: Explains why the United States might export and import differentiated versions of the same product such as different types of autos

Should international transportation costs decrease the effect on international trade would include a (an) ?

A increase in the volume of trade

B Smaller gain from trade

C Decline in the income of home producers

D Decrease in the level of specialization in production

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Correct Answer: increase in the volume of trade

According to the trade theory of Staffan Linder trade tends to be most pronounced in manufactured goods when trading countries have ?

A similar endowments of natural resources

B similar levels of technology

C similar per-capita incomes

D similar wage levels

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Correct Answer: similar per-capita incomes

According to the factor endowment model of Heckscher and Ohlin, countries heavily endowed with land will ?

A Devote excessive amounts of resources to agricultural production

B Devote insufficient amounts of resources to agricultural production

C Export products that are land-intensive

D Import products that are land-intensive

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Correct Answer: Export products that are land-intensive

The theory of overlapping demand predicts that trade in manufactured goods is unimportant for countries with very different ?

A Tastes and preferences

B Expectations of future interest rate levels

C Per-capita income levels

D Labor productivities

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Correct Answer: Per-capita income levels

Boeing aircraft company was able to over its production costs of the first – jumbo jetll in the seventies because Boeing could market it to several foreign airlines in addition to domestic airlines. This illustrates ?

A How economies of scale make possible a larger variety of products in international trade

B A transfer of wealth from domestic consumer to domestic producer as the result of trade

C How a natural monopoly is forced to behave more competitively with international trade

D How a natural monopoly is forced to behave less competitively with international trade

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Correct Answer: How economies of scale make possible a larger variety of products in international trade

The Heckscher-Ohlin theory explains comparative advantage as the result of differences in countries ?

A Economies of large-scale production

B Relative abundance of various resources

C Relative costs of labor

D Research and development expenditures

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Correct Answer: Relative abundance of various resources

According to the factor price equalization theorem, the ________ factor should oppose free. trade policies in any given country?

A abundant

B scarce

C neither

D can’t tell without more information

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Correct Answer: scarce

By adjusting the model of comparative advantage to include transportation costs along with production costs we would expect ?

A The prices of trade goods to be lower than when there are no transportation costs

B specialization to stop when the production costs of the trading partners equalize

C The volume of trade to be less than when there are no transportation costs

D The gains from trade to be greater than when there are no transportation costs

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Correct Answer: The volume of trade to be less than when there are no transportation costs

Advocates of industrial policy maintain that government should ?

A pursue free trade as a policy that leads to maximum global efficiency

B grant subsidies to firms offering potential comparative advantage

C provide loans to domestic workers in exporting industries

D increase interest rates on loans made to firms in import-competing industries

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Correct Answer: grant subsidies to firms offering potential comparative advantage

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Intra-industry trade theory ?

Should international transportation costs decrease the effect on international trade would include a (an) ?

According to the trade theory of Staffan Linder trade tends to be most pronounced in manufactured goods when trading countries have ?

According to the factor endowment model of Heckscher and Ohlin, countries heavily endowed with land will ?

The theory of overlapping demand predicts that trade in manufactured goods is unimportant for countries with very different ?

Boeing aircraft company was able to over its production costs of the first – jumbo jetll in the seventies because Boeing could market it to several foreign airlines in addition to domestic airlines. This illustrates ?

The Heckscher-Ohlin theory explains comparative advantage as the result of differences in countries ?

According to the factor price equalization theorem, the ________ factor should oppose free. trade policies in any given country?

By adjusting the model of comparative advantage to include transportation costs along with production costs we would expect ?

Advocates of industrial policy maintain that government should ?