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The law of comparative advantage recommends that countries specialize in those products in which they have a comparative advantage, not an absolute advantage. How can a country identify the products and services in which it has a comparative advantage so that it can encourage the development of those industries?
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A comparative advantage for the nation is nothing but the ability to produce the good at a lower opportunity cost. Suppose a nation is producing two goods and as compared to other nation with whom they want to trade they can produce a good at a lower cost I.e. by giving up less of the other good as compared to the second nation, they will be having a comparative advantage in the production of that certain good in the market.
Like Korea can produce 1 car by giving up 1 computer a compared to US producing 1 car by giving up 2 computer. Korea has a comparative advantage in the production of car.
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Incorrect Question 11 0/1 pts Which of the following statements is true? Comparative advantage in producing a certain item arises from being the first country to manufacture that item. All countries can gain from trade if they all specialize in production according to comparative advantage A country cannot have comparative advantage in producing a certain item if it causes an increasing opportunity cost in producing the item A country cannot have a comparative advantage in producing a particular good unless...
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Ricardo’s theory of trade suggests that it makes sense for a country to specialize in the production of those products that it produces most efficiently and to buy the products that it produces less efficiently from other countries, even if this means that the country is buying products that in reality, it could produce more efficiently itself. This means that Ricardo showed that a country can derive advantages by trade even though it has an absolute advantage in producing all products. The Heckscher-Ohlin theory of ...
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