Questions 1 An indifference curve is Group of answer choices the different combination of two goods that can be purchased with a given amount of income. a locus of bundles of goods such that the producer is indifferent between each good in every bundle. the different combination of capital and labour that can be purchased with a given amount of money. a locus of bundles of goods such that the consumer is indifferent between each good in every bundle.

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Questions 1 An indifference curve is

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the different combination of two goods that can be purchased with a given amount of income.

a locus of bundles of goods such that the producer is indifferent between each good in every bundle.

the different combination of capital and labour that can be purchased with a given amount of money.

a locus of bundles of goods such that the consumer is indifferent between each good in every bundle.

 

Question 2

If a country has a concave or bowed out production possibilities frontier, then production is said to be subject to

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constant opportunity costs

the law of diminishing returns

decreasing opportunity costs

increasing opportunity costs

 

Question 3

Assume that two countries (Home and Foreign) each produce two goods (corn and wheat) under constant cost of production. Home produces 0.5 ton of corn or 1 ton of wheat with a day of labor. Without trade (in autarky), Home's daily production is 20 tons of wheat and 10 tons of corn. What is Home's price ratio (price of wheat/price of corn) in autarky?

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0.5

1.5

2

1

 

Question 4

Assume that Australia has only two sectors, i.e. agriculture and manufacturing. There are also two specific factors in the short run. Land is the specific factor in agriculture and capital is a specific factor in manufacturing. Labor is mobile between the two sectors. Suppose Australia has comparative advantage in the agriculture sector. When the country trades with a foreign county, the return on capital will -------the price of manufactured good.

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increase at the same rate as

decreases faster than

increase slower than

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