Different Topics Flashcards
Absolute advantage
One country can produce more of a good than others with the same amount of resources
Comparative advantage
One country can produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another country
Principle of comparative advantage
When countries specialise in producing goods in which they have a lower opportunity cost, their combined output will be maximised.
Output (resoucres X info X allocated resources)
With the same amount of resources, a country can produce more outputs
Input (Resources ➗info) X allocation
With the same amount of outputs, a country can produce them with less resources
Gross domestic product
Measures the market value of all final goods and services produced by resident producing units of an economy in a period of time .
The three transfer
Current transfer (donate to other countries)
Transfer payment (provided government)
Wealth payment (exchange from one account to another)