A country with a lower relative cost of production of a particular good has a(n) _______ advantage and it is likely to _______ this good.
A) absolute; import
B) comparative; import
C) comparative; export
D) absolute; not export
Ans: C) comparative; export
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What is the difference in the concepts of economic growth and economic expansion?
a. Both terms are used interchangeably and refer to quarterly increases in output. b. Economic growth refers to the long-tun upward trend in output over a longer period of time, usually more than a decade, which is measured as the average annual change in output over the period. An expansion refers to a shorter time period during which output increases quarter by quarter or year by year. c. An expansion refers to the long-tun upward trend in output over a longer period of time, usually more than a decade, which is measured as the average annual change in output over the period. Economic growth refers to a shorter time period during which output increases quarter by quarter or year by year. d. Both terms are used interchangeably and refer to the long-tun upward trend in output over a longer period of time, usually more than a decade, which is measured as the average annual change in output over the period. e. Economic growth is the term reserved for periods of prosperity in less developed countries while expansion is the term reserved for developed industrial countries.
In the early 2000s, some argued that the Indian government impeded foreign investment with tariffs, investment caps, and tons of red tape. In terms of promoting or retarding economic growth, such policies:
A. increase growth because they keep people producing for the local market. B. decrease growth because they slow the growth of capital. C. increase growth because they stop exploitation by foreigners. D. decrease growth because they cause inflation.
To help pull an economy out of a recession and put additional income in the hands of the public, a government can force its expenditures to ________ its revenues and create a ________
A) reduce; deficit B) exceed; special taxes C) stimulate; depression D) exceed; deficit
When a free-rider problem exists,
a. the market will devote too few resources to the production of the good. b. the cost of the good will always be more than the benefit of the good. c. the good will not be produced. d. entrepreneurs will eventually find a way to make free-riders pay their share.