Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781259655500
Author: David C Colander
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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In Country T, it takes 10 resources to produce 1 ton of cocoa and 13.5 resources to produce 1 ton of rice. In Country Y, it takes 40 resources to produce 1 ton of cocoa and 20 resources to produce 1 ton of rice. Country T has a comparative advantage over Country Y in cocoa. This follows the theory of comparative advantage, and we can say that engaging in free trade benefits all countries that participate in it; however, this conclusion stems from which of these inaccurate assumptions?
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We have assumed constant returns to scale.
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We have assumed there are barriers to the movement of resources from the production of one good to another within the same country.
We have assumed that agrarian nations do not specialize in producing particular products.
We have assumed diminishing returns to specialization.
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Canada has a comparative advantage in the production of hockey sticks.
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