Absolute Advantage Theory Flashcards

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The cost incurred in producing an additional unit of product.

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Marginal Cost

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He is the founder of modern economics and considered the father of economics.

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Adam Smith

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3
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It means that a producer can produce a good or service in greater quantity for the same cost or the same quantity at lower marginal cost

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Absolute advantage

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4
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It is also called Free market economy or free enterprise economy.

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Capitalism

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Is an economic system where most means of production are privately owned and production is distributed through the operation of markets, w/c determine prices, products and services.

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Capitalism

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6
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Believes that countries should produce and export such products which they have an absolute advantage on and import those goods where they do not have.

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Theory of Absolute Advantage

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7
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A doctrine states that a nation can exchange its overproduction for other goods which are in demand in other countries, which will result in the fullest utilization of the idle productive capacity.

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Vent of surplus

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8
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Free trade promotes international division of labor through _________ in the production and exchange of such commodities.

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Specialization

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9
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Specialization increases ___________ through technical and organizational innovations.

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Productivity

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10
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A measure of the income generated in a production process, is value of outputs minus the value of inputs

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Net Product

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