国际经济学双语习题3说课材料

国际经济学双语习题

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International Economics, 8e (Krugman)

Chapter 3 Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: The Ricardian Model

3.1

The Concept of Comparative Advantage

1) Trade between two countries can benefit both countries if

A) each country exports that good in which it has a comparative advantage.

B) each country enjoys superior terms of trade.

C) each country has a more elastic demand for the imported goods.

D) each country has a more elastic supply for the exported goods.

E) Both C and D.

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2) In order to know whether a country has a comparative

advantage in the production of one particular product we need information on at least ________ unit labor

requirements

one

A)

two

B)

three

C)

four

D)

five

E)

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3) A country engaging in trade according to the principles of

comparative advantage gains from trade because it is producing exports indirectly more efficiently than it

A)

could alternatively.

is producing imports indirectly more efficiently than it

B)

could domestically.

is producing exports using fewer labor units.

C)

is producing imports indirectly using fewer labor units.

D)

None of the above.

E)

B

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4) Given the information in the table above, if it is

ascertained that Foreign uses prison-slave labor to produce its exports, then home should

export cloth.

A)

export widgets.

B)

export both and import nothing.

C)

export and import nothing.

D)

E)

All of the above.

A

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5) Given the information in the table above, if the Home

economy suffered a meltdown, and the Unit Labor Requirements doubled to 30 for cloth and 60 for widgets then home should

A)

export cloth.

export widgets.

B)

C)

export both and import nothing.

export and import nothing.

D)

All of the above.

E)

A

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6) The earliest statement of the principle of comparative

advantage is associated with

David Hume.

A)

B)

David Ricardo.

Adam Smith.

C)

D)

Eli Heckscher.

Bertil Ohlin.

E)

B

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7) The Gains from Trade associated with the principle of

Comparative Advantage depends on

A)

the trade partners must differ in technology or tastes.

there can be no more goods traded than the number of

B)

trade partners.

there may be no more trade partners than goods traded.

C)

D)

All of the above.

None of the above.

E)

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