If Australia has relatively more land per worker, and Belgium has relatively more capital per worker, then if trade began between these two countries
A) the relative price of the land-intensive product would increase in Australia.
B) the relative price of the capital-intensive product would increase in Australia.
C) the relative price of the land-intensive product would increase in Belgium.
D) the relative price of the capital-intensive product would decrease in Belgium.
E) relative product prices would diverge between Australia and Belgium.
A
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A) Demand for dollars will decrease, and supply of dollars will increase. B) Demand for dollars will decrease, and supply of dollars will decrease. C) Demand for dollars will increase, and supply of dollars will increase. D) Demand for dollars will increase, and supply of dollars will decrease.
The demand for labor is likely to decrease if
a. there is a rise in the demand for the good it produces b. the price of a complementary input falls c. the price of a substitute input rises d. there is a decline in the demand for the good it produces e. there is an increase in the number of firms in the market
Assume that the government increases spending and finances the expenditures by borrowing in the domestic capital markets. If the nation has highly mobile international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to the real risk-free interest rate and real GDP in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. The real risk-free interest rate rises and real GDP rises. b. The real risk-free interest rate falls, and real GDP rises. c. The real risk-free interest rate rises, and real GDP falls. d. The real risk-free interest rate and real GDP remain the same. e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.
The 2009 our imports and exports added together are ___________ percent of GDP.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).