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mQuestion 16 0 12.5 pts U.S. UK Wheat 126 12 Cloth 6 18 The table above shows United States and United Kingdom production of wheat (bushels per hour) and cloth (yards per hour). According to the classical theory of trade, which of the following is true? The United States will gain more from trade than the United Kingdom. (WRONG) There is no basis for trade between these countries. The United States has an absolute advantage in the production of cloth....
E and F please 1. (16 points) Answer the following questions based on the information in the table below. U.S.U.K. Wheat (bushels/hr) 9 3 Cloth (yards/hr) 6 6 A. (2 points) Which country has an absolute advantage in wheat? Which country has an absolute advantage in cloth? Can mutually beneficial trade take place between U.S. and U.K. according to the law of absolute advantage? B. (2 points) What is the opportunity cost of wheat in each country? c. (2 points)...
Can a country have comparative advantage even though it has an absolute disadvantage? Make up a numerical example to show this. Someone tells you, “I do not understand how Bangladesh with its low productivity can compete in the world markets at all and even trade with the U.S. Surely the U.S. is better at producing everything relative to Bangladesh!” Ross Perot, a former presidential candidate, said in 1993 that the introduction of free trade between the U.S. and Mexico, would lead to...
The table below shows bushels of wheat and the yards of cloth that the United States and the United Kingdom can produce with one hour of labor time under four different hypothetical situations. Case A Case B Case C Case D US UK US UK US UK US UK Wheat (bushels/man-hour) 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 2 Cloth (yards/man-hour) 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 (In this question, don’t be surprised if you cannot figure out...
and published in 1) Historians of economic thought often describe written by as the first real exposition of an economic model. A) "Of the Balance of Trade," David Hume, 1776 B) "Wealth of Nations," David Hume, 1758 C) "Wealth of Nations," Adam Smith, 1758 D) "Wealth of Nations," Adam Smith, 1776 E) "Of the Balance of Trade," David Hume, 1758 2) An important insight of international trade theory is that when two countries engage in voluntary trade A) one country...
Suppose the United Kingdom and Norway both produce ol and fish oil, which are sold for the same prices in both countries. The following table shows combinations of both goods that each country can produce in a day, measured in thousands of barrels, using the same arnaunts of capital arnd labor United K Fish 12 ish 12 Who has the comparative advantage i preducing oil? A. Nelther country has a comperative advantage producing oll because their opportunity costs of producing...
Question 1 (6 points) Which of the following is true? A) David Ricardo proposed the theory of absolute advantage as the basis for trade. B) Absolute advantage is based on comparing the opportunity costs of trading partners. C) The Ricardian model assumes labor is perfectly mobile. D) Adam Smith proposed the theory of comparative advantage as the basis for trade in The Wealth of Nations Question 2 (6 points) Answer the question(s) below based on the information in the following...
ome has 1200 units of L and Foreign has 3600 of units of L available. Both countries can produce coffee and cloth. The unit labour requirements for coffee and cloth in Home is 4 and 2 respectively. Likewise, it is 16 and 4 in Foreign. a. Write the equation and graph the PPF for both Home and Foreign. b. Which country has absolute advantage? Justify c. In which good does Home have a comparative advantage? Justify d. Construct the world...
Part a: According to Adam Smith's law of absolute advantages and David Ricardo's law of comparative advantages: A. if one country has an absolute or comparative advantage over another country in producing one or more goods, then if the country with the advantage specializes in making this good it will raise total world output. B. if a country has an absolute advantage in producing a good over another country, then it increases total world output if this country specializes in...
Please help me with the answers. DO NOT ANSWER IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT. TRUE OR FALSE 1. The nation that has a comparative advantage in a particular product will be the only world exporter oof that product. 2. Economists prefer free trade to tariffs and prefer tariffs to import quotas 3. In terms of trade volume in the past many years, China has been the largest trading partner of the United States 4. A nation will import a particular...