A) Is it possible for specialization and trade to benefit more than one party to a trade?
B) Is it possible for specialization and trade to increase total output of traded goods?
C) Do opportunity costs play a role in people's decisions to specialize in certain activities?
D) What determines the price at which trade takes place?
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A) 3/4 pound of coffee and Colombia's opportunity cost of one pound of soybeans is 1/2 pound of coffee.
B) 3/4 pound of coffee and Colombia's opportunity cost of one pound of soybeans is 2 pounds of coffee.
C) 4/3 pounds of coffee and Colombia's opportunity cost of one pound of soybeans is 1/2 pound of coffee.
D) 4/3 pounds of coffee and Colombia's opportunity cost of one pound of soybeans is 2 pounds of coffee.
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A) 2 bolts and 2 nails and Azerbaijan gained 2 bolts and 18 nails.
B) 4 bolts and 2 nails and Azerbaijan gained 2 bolts and 14 nails.
C) 14 bolts and 38 nails and Azerbaijan gained 16 bolts and 42 nails.
D) 16 bolts and 38 nails and Azerbaijan gained 16 bolts and 38 nails.
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A) 100 radios,300 televisions in Radioland and 300 radios,100 televisions in Teeveeland.
B) 300 radios,100 televisions in Radioland and 100 radios,300 televisions in Teeveeland.
C) 200 radios,100 televisions in Radioland and 100 radios,200 televisions in Teeveeland.
D) 300 radios,100 televisions in Radioland and 100 radios,400 televisions in Teeveeland.
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A) Both countries could gain from trade with each other.
B) Neither country could gain from trade with each other because Cornland has an absolute advantage in both goods.
C) Neither country could gain from trade with each other because neither one has a comparative advantage.
D) Oatland could gain from trade between the two countries,but Cornland definitively would lose.
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A) natural advantage.
B) trading advantage.
C) comparative advantage.
D) absolute advantage.
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A) the two countries' combined output of both goods will be higher than it would be in the absence of trade.
B) Greece will produce more fish than it would produce in the absence of trade.
C) Germany will produce more cars than it would produce in the absence of trade.
D) All of the above are correct.
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A) 3 units.
B) 6 units.
C) 9 units.
D) 12 units.
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A) Alice's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 1/2 of a pitcher of lemonade and Betty's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 2/3 of a pitcher of lemonade.
B) Alice's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 1 pitcher of lemonade and Betty's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 3 pitchers of lemonade.
C) Alice's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 2 pitchers of lemonade and Betty's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 1.5 pitchers of lemonade.
D) Alice's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 400 pitchers of lemonade and Betty's opportunity cost of 1 pizza is 450 pitchers of lemonade.
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A) Shawn has a comparative advantage in the production of donuts.
B) Sue has a comparative advantage in the production of donuts.
C) Shawn should not produce donuts.
D) Shawn is capable of producing more donuts than Sue in a given amount of time.
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A) Trade allows for specialization.
B) Trade has the potential to benefit all nations.
C) Trade allows nations to consume outside of their production possibilities curves.
D) Absolute advantage is the driving force of specialization.
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A) 0.40 pounds of cheese.
B) 0.55 pounds of cheese.
C) 0.75 pounds of cheese.
D) All of the above are correct.
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A) 9 units of Good Y for 6 units of Good X
B) 8 units of Good Y for 20 units of Good X
C) 70 units of Good Y for 30 units of Good X
D) Canada and Mexico could not both gain from trade with each other at any price.
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A) make sense if Xenophobia had an absolute advantage in all goods.
B) make sense if Xenophobia had no absolute advantages in any good.
C) not make sense as long as Xenophobia had a comparative advantage in some good.
D) not make sense as long as Xenophobia had an absolute advantage in at least half the goods that could be traded.
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A) Do specialization and trade benefit more than one party to a trade?
B) Is it absolute advantage or comparative advantage that really matters?
C) How are the gains from trade shared among the parties to a trade?
D) Is it possible for specialization and trade to increase total output of traded goods?
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A) 4/5 purse and Merve's opportunity cost of one wallet is 2/3 purse.
B) 4/5 purse and Merve's opportunity cost of one wallet is 3/2 purses.
C) 5/4 purses and Merve's opportunity cost of one wallet is 2/3 purse.
D) 5/4 purses and Merve's opportunity cost of one wallet is 3/2 purses.
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A) 4 tarts for 2 pies
B) 8 tarts for 12 pies
C) 12 tarts for 28 pies
D) Maxine and Daisy could not both gain from trade with each other at any price.
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A) both goods and a comparative advantage in the production of pies.
B) both goods and a comparative advantage in the production of tarts.
C) neither good and a comparative advantage in the production of pies.
D) neither good and a comparative advantage in the production of tarts.
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A) Dave has a comparative advantage in the production of sweaters.
B) Caroline has a comparative advantage in the production of sweaters.
C) Dave has a comparative advantage in the production of socks.
D) Dave has a comparative advantage in the production of both sweaters and socks.
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A) novels and Jordan has an absolute advantage in the production of poems.
B) poems and Jordan has an absolute advantage in the production of novels.
C) novels and Jordan has an absolute advantage in the production of neither good.
D) neither good and Jordan has an absolute advantage in the production of novels.
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