According to Prebisch and other ISI theoreticians, countries should begin to shift their comparative advantage away from primary commodity production by first producing

A) industrial goods such as pumps and generators.
B) complex consumer goods such as autos and appliances.
C) advanced industrial goods such as chemical and electronics.
D) simple consumer goods such as food products and textiles.
E) minerals and agricultural products.


D

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If a technological change lowers the wage of unskilled workers, it is an example of:

A) a skill-biased technological change. B) an unskilled-biased technological change. C) a preferential-biased technological change. D) a statistical-biased technological changes.

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A) intolerance B) distortion C) seignorage D) repudiation

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a. net exports and the exchange rate would rise. b. net exports would rise, but what would happen to the exchange rate is uncertain. c. net exports would fall, but what would happen to the exchange rate is uncertain. d. net exports and the exchange rate would fall.

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