If a nation has a(n) _____ in the production of an item, it can produce _____ of the item with the same quantity of resources than can other nations.
A. absolute advantage; more
B. mutual gain; the same amount
C. special advantage; more
D. comparative advantage; more
A. absolute advantage; more
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When a nation is producing on its production possibilities frontier, if more resources are used to produce one good, then the production of other goods
A) must increase. B) must decrease. C) must remain the same. D) must change but they might increase or decrease. E) might increase if the nation can produce more efficiently.
Voting against ones preferences in the initial round of a runoff election in order to prevent the selection of an undesirable alternative in the final round is called
A) ballot manipulation. B) strategic voting. C) naive voting. D) the voting paradox.
The classical theory predicts that
A) countries will completely specialize in the production of export goods. B) considerable trade will occur between countries with different levels of technology. C) small countries could obtain all of the gains from trade when trading with large countries. D) All of the above.
According to Figure 6.1, the average annual rate of growth of the U.S. economy in the period 1948-73 equalled ________
A) 1.8 percent B) 4.0 percent C) 39 percent D) 697 percent