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The countries’ preference from the stand point of adjustments and cost of trade.
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- When countries specialize based on their comparative advantage and trade with each other, how does it lead to gains from trade for both countries (even if one country has an absolute advantage in both goods)?arrow_forwardWhen a country changes from agricultural to industrial, how can it affect the comparative advantage of that country? How will it change the comparative advantage of the country?arrow_forwardWhich of the following BEST describes comparative advantage? Country A can produce a product at a lower opportunity cost than Country B Country A can produce more of a product than Country B Country A has a currency worth more than the currency of country B Country A uses a smaller amount of a resource to produce than Country Barrow_forward
- Y 100 Country A X Y 40 Country B 40 X 20 a) How much of Good Y will Country B produce if they specialize in their comparative advantage? 40 b) By themselves, if Country B produces 18 units of Y, what is the maximum amount they could produce of Good X? 18 c) If the terms of trade proposed are 5 X for 10Y, how much will Country B be able to consume of Good Y after trade if they specialize in their comparative advantage before trading? 40arrow_forwardIf a country produces more food and electronics than another country does it have a comparative advantage?arrow_forwardAccording to the concept of comparative advantage, a good should be produced in that nation where: its domestic opportunity cost is least. money is used as a medium of exchange. its domestic opportunity cost is greatest. the terms of trade are maximized.arrow_forward
- Finally, Canada and Australia are both English-speaking countries with not-too dissimilar population sizes. However, Canada’s trade is twice as large as that of Australia’s. to what extent, does comparative advantage help explain this?arrow_forwardExplain the statement: “Countries that specialize based on comparative advantage gain from trade.”arrow_forwardAccording to the concept of comparative advantage, a good should be produced in that nation where: its domestic opportunity cost is greatest. money is used as a medium of exchange. its domestic opportunity cost is least. the terms of trade are maximizedarrow_forward
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