Question 1

When a country's labor market is in equilibrium in the specific factors model, the wage rate

Accepted Answer

A)  will be higher in the sector where product price is lower. 
B)  will be the same in both sectors. 
C)  will be higher in the sector where product price is higher. 
D)  will be higher in the export-competing sector. 
E)  will be higher in the import-competing sector. 
A)  will be higher in the sector where product price is lower. 
B)  will be the same in both sectors. 
C)  will be higher in the sector where product price is higher. 
D)  will be higher in the export-competing sector. 
E)  will be higher in the import-competing sector.

Question 2

There is a bias in the political process against free trade because

Accepted Answer

A)  those who gain from free trade can't compensate those who lose. 
B)  the gains from free trade cannot be measured. 
C)  those who lose from free trade are better organized than those who gain. 
D)  there is a high correlation between the volume of imports and the unemployment rate. 
E)  foreign governments make large donations to U.S. political campaigns. 
A)  those who gain from free trade can't compensate those who lose. 
B)  the gains from free trade cannot be measured. 
C)  those who lose from free trade are better organized than those who gain. 
D)  there is a high correlation between the volume of imports and the unemployment rate. 
E)  foreign governments make large donations to U.S. political campaigns.

When a country's labor market is in equilibrium in the specific factors model, the wage rate

There is a bias in the political process against free trade because

Introduction

World Trade: an Overview

Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: the Ricardian Model

Resources and Trade: the Heckscher-Ohlin Model

The Standard Trade Model

External Economies of Scale and the International Location of Production

Firms in the Global Economy: Export Decisions, Outsourcing, and Multinational Enterprises

The Instruments of Trade Policy

The Political Economy of Trade Policy

Trade Policy in Developing Countries

Controversies in Trade Policy

National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments

Exchange Rates and the Foreign Exchange Market: an Asset Approach

Money, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates

Price Levels and the Exchange Rate in the Long Run

Output and the Exchange Rate in the Short Run

Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention

International Monetary Systems: an Historical Overview

Financial Globalization: Opportunity and Crisis

Optimum Currency Areas and the Euro

Developing Countries: Growth, Crisis, and Reform

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Exam 4: Specific Factors and Income Distribution

When a country's labor market is in equilibrium in the specific factors model, the wage rate

There is a bias in the political process against free trade because

Introduction

World Trade: an Overview

Labor Productivity and Comparative Advantage: the Ricardian Model

Resources and Trade: the Heckscher-Ohlin Model

The Standard Trade Model

External Economies of Scale and the International Location of Production

Firms in the Global Economy: Export Decisions, Outsourcing, and Multinational Enterprises

The Instruments of Trade Policy

The Political Economy of Trade Policy

Trade Policy in Developing Countries

Controversies in Trade Policy

National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments

Exchange Rates and the Foreign Exchange Market: an Asset Approach

Money, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates

Price Levels and the Exchange Rate in the Long Run

Output and the Exchange Rate in the Short Run

Fixed Exchange Rates and Foreign Exchange Intervention

International Monetary Systems: an Historical Overview

Financial Globalization: Opportunity and Crisis

Optimum Currency Areas and the Euro

Developing Countries: Growth, Crisis, and Reform

Filters