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Opponents of globalization argue that falling trade barriers

A.             allow firms to move manufacturing activities to countries with lower wage rates.

B.             create manufacturing jobs in wealthy advanced economies.

C.            force countries to maintain manufacturing in their home countries regardless of wage rates.

D.            reduce the pool of global labor.

 

 

 

 

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d.developing industries should be allowed to face foreign competition.

e.those industries that produce products for infants should be protected.

 

2. One of the primary objectives of the WTO is:

  a. to enable western countries to emerge as major players in international trade.
  b. to redistribute wealth from the first world to the third world countries.
  c. to create trade restrictions across the countries.
  d. to enable certain countries to maintain their autarkic conditions.
  e. to reduce trade barriers created by the different countries.

1. According to the Fisher effect, if Swedish inflation were to fall permanently from a constant rate of 5% per year to a constant rate of 2% per year, then in the long-run:

a. Swedish interest rates would be higher by a 2/5 percentage point per year compared to their initial level, all else equal.

b. Swedish interest rates would be higher by 5/2 percentage points per year compared to their initial level, all else equal.

c. Swedish interest rates would be lower by a 2/5 percentage point per year compared to their initial level, all else equal.

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e. Swedish interest rates would be lower by 3 percentage points per year compared to their initial level, all else equal.

 

2. The link between prices of similar goods sold in different countries, as suggested by purchasing power parity,

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b. is weakened when monopolistic or oligopolistic practices in goods markets interact with trade barriers.

c. is strengthened when there are monopolistic or oligopolistic practices in goods markets, regardless of whether there are trade barriers.

d. is unrelated to the existence of monopolistic or oligopolistic practices in goods markets; that link is only affected by the existence of trade barriers.

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3. Bela Balassa's theory would explain that it is more costly to get a haircut in Norway than in Mexico because:

a. Norwegians have a more inelastic demand for haircuts than Mexicans.

b. Norwegian have a more elastic demand for haircuts than Mexicans.

c. Norwegian barber wages are driven up by the higher wages (compared to Mexico) offered in the oil sector, which has higher labor productivity than the oil sector in Mexico.

d. Mexican barbers are being exploited.

e. as barbers, Norwegian barbers are more productive than Mexican barbers.

31. A country's tax system influences the attractiveness of investing in that country and affects the relative level of profitability for an MNC.

a. True

b. False

32. Points inside a production possibilities frontier represent

a. unattainable production combinations

b. efficiency

c. situations where supply exceeds demand

d. unemployment of resources

33. Firms in a high-wage nation like the U.S. can compete effectively with imports from low-wage nations if

a. the U.S. reduces tariffs on imports

b. low-wage nations impose tariffs on U.S. made goods

c. labor productivity is higher in the low-wage nation

d. labor productivity is higher in the U.S.

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a. $2,000 surplus

b. $1,000 deficit

c. $2,000 deficit

d. $1000 surplus

e. $0 deficit

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a. the absence of government

b. lack of agriculture

c. self-sufficient, in the absence of international trade

d. short of exchange rates

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a. Mercantilism

b. The theory of absolute advantage

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b) To provide financial assistance to countries with debt

c) To reduce tariff barriers

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a. economic growth

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a. the cost of transportation between countries

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c. the terms which are used in the trade negotiations

d. the rate at which two products can be exchanged

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