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Exam 2: Foundations of Modern Trade Theory: Comparative Advantage

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Because the Ricardian theory of comparative advantage was based only on a nation's demand conditions, it could not fully explain the distribution of the gains from trade among trading partners.

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The price-specie-flow mechanism illustrated why nations could not maintain trade surpluses or trade deficits over the long run.

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Assume that Germany has higher labor productivity and higher wage levels than France. Germany can produce a commodity more cheaply than France if its productivity differential more than offsets its wage differential.

Table 2.1. Output Possibilities of the U.S. and the U.K. $\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\quad$$\text { Output per Worker per day }$ $\begin{array} { l c c } \text { Caunty } & \text { Tons of Steel} &\text { Televisians } \\\hline \text { United States }&5&45\\\text { United Kingdom } & 5 & 20\end{array}$ -Refer to Table 2.1. Mutually advantageous trade will occur between the United States and the United Kingdom so long as one ton of steel trades for:

If the international terms of trade lies beneath (inside) the Mexican cost ratio, Mexico is worse off with trade than without trade.

All of the following may be exit barriers except

Unlike the mercantilists, Adam Smith maintained that:

Figure 2.2 illustrates trade data for Canada. The figure assumes that Canada attains international trade equilibrium at point $\underline { C . }$ Figure 2.2. Canadian Trade Possibilities -According to Figure 2.2, $\underline { \text { exports } }$ for Canada total:

The Ricardian model of comparative advantage is based on all of the following assumptions $\underline {\text { except }}$

The domestic cost ratios of nations set the outer limits to the equilibrium terms of trade.

Assume that Canada has a comparative advantage in wheat and a comparative disadvantage in autos. As the Canadian demand for wheat increases, Canada's equilibrium terms of trade improves.

Is it possible to estimate the gains from trade?

If a country's terms of trade worsen, it must exchange fewer exports for a given amount of imports.

The theory of reciprocal demand best applies when one country has a "large" economy and the other country has a "small" economy.

Unlike Adam Smith, David Ricardo's trading principle emphasizes the:

According to the principle of absolute advantage, international trade is beneficial to the world if one nation has an absolute cost advantage in the production of one good while the other nation has an absolute cost advantage in the other good.

Figure 2.4 Production Possibilities Frontier -In Figure 2.4 the marginal rate of transformation of autos into wheat is

The trading-triangle concept is used to indicate a nation's:

The Ricardian theory of comparative advantage could fully explain the distribution of the gains from trade among trading partners.

Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage does not take into account demand conditions when determining relative commodity prices.