International Trade Flashcards

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Which trade theory holds that nations can increase their economic well-being by specialising in the production goods they produce more efficiently than anyone else

A

The theory of absolute adv

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Which theory holds that nations should produce those goods for which they have the greatest relative adv

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Theory of comparative adv

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Absolute adv

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When a country can produce a good or service for a lower cost than another country

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If a major econ with a trade feficit were to take action to increase exports this could mean

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Increasing portectionsinsm from its trade partners

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5
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Which one of the follloiwing sttaements is trye regrding the way in whcih a lack of property rights can act as a barrier to growth and development

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A scarce resource is depleted to extinction because it had zero cost to the users

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