Econ Midterm
Which of the following is NOT an expected benefit of reducing nontariff barriers to trade?
Fewer firms to compete with
A free trade agreement plus a common set of tariffs toward non-members is called
a customs union.
The gains from trade are
a result of more efficient resource allocation than would be observed in the absence of trade
Institutions are
a set of rules governing behavior, whether written or not.
One of the most important and most visible roles of the IMF is to
intercede by invitation when countries cannot pay their international debts.
Economic sanctions
are more likely to work if the international community supports them.
Imposing the same standards on high- and low-income countries can be a problem because
low-income countries may have less ability to enforce standards.
The pattern of protection in industrial countries is particularly harmful to the interests of
low-income developing countries.
The economic philosophy that favors strict limits on imports and strong support for exports is called
mercantilism.
Based on Table 3.1, the opportunity cost of a pair of shoes in the United States is
one-half computer
Comparative advantage is related most closely to which of the following?
opportunity cost
The United States' comparative advantage over Japan in the production of rock-n-roll music implies that (for a similar quality of music) the
opportunity cost of production is less in the United States.
The rancher has an absolute advantage in the production of
pork.
Refer to Figure 2-10, Panel (a). Production at point Y is
possible but inefficient.
An important function of international institutions during times of crisis is to
prevent free riding.
If a nation protects an industry because it believes that there are positive externalities in the production process, it is asserting that the free market will
produce less than is optimal from society's point of view.
One reason why producers have an incentive to organize in favor of protection is because
producer gains are relatively concentrated.
The primary mission of the World Bank today is to
provide capital to underdeveloped countries.
Deep integration
requires cooperation with other national governments or international bodies.
When each person specializes in producing the good in which he or she has a comparative advantage, total production in the economy
rises.
Fundamentally, economics deals with
scarcity
Separate standards refers to
separate standards held by different trading partners which other partners refuse to recognize.
At the end of World War II,
tariffs around the world fell substantially.
The international organization that serves as a forum for trade discussions and the development of trade rules is called
the WTO.
The production possibilities frontier illustrates
the combinations of output that an economy can produce.
One reason why consumers are unlikely to be too upset about tariffs is because
the costs are so spread out that no one pays a big share of the total.
In order for large countries to successfully use tariffs to increase well-being,
they must have significant market power
Consumer surplus is equal to the area
under the demand curve and above the price line.
Adam Smith asserted that a person should never attempt to make at home
what it will cost him more to make than to buy.
The opportunity cost of an item is
what you give up to get that item.
Refer to Figure 2-6. The opportunity cost of this economy moving from point K to point H is
zero
The opportunity cost of 1 plate for Min is
2 parasols.
Phoenix furniture uses 12 workers, each working eight hours, to produce 192 rocking chairs. What is Phoenix's productivity?
2 rocking chairs per hour
The opportunity cost of 1 mixer for Miguel is
2 toasters.
Hit-It produces 320 baseball bats per day using 2 workers who each work 8 hours per day. What is Hit-It's productivity?
20 baseball bats per hour
Refer to Figure 9-6. The size of the tariff on roses is
$1
Refer to Figure 9-6. The amount of deadweight loss caused by the tariff equals
$100.
Refer to Figure 9-4. Consumer surplus in Nicaragua without trade is
$2,250.
Refer to Figure 9-6. The amount of revenue collected by the government from the tariff is
$200.
Refer to Figure 9-13. Consumer surplus before trade is
$3,600
Refer to Figure 9-6. Without trade, the equilibrium price of roses is
$4 and the equilibrium quantity is 300.
The trade-to-GDP ratio for a nation that had $600 million in exports, $400 million in imports, and GDP of $2,000 million would be
0.5.
Suppose Peru decides to increase its production of rubies by 30. What is the opportunity cost of this decision?
1 emerald
The opportunity cost of 1 mixer for Maya is
1.6 toasters.
The opportunity cost of 1 poem for Perry is
1/6 novel.
Refer to Table 3-20. Assume that Brad and Theresa each has 60 minutes available. If each person spends all his or her time producing the good in which he or she has a comparative advantage, then total production is
10 bushels of wheat and 5 pounds of beef.
Assume that England and Spain each has 24 labor hours available. If each country divides its time equally between the production of cheese and bread, then total production is (question 8 in ch 3)
10 units of cheese and 6 units of bread.
Zimbabwe's opportunity cost of one hairbrush is
10/3 toothbrushes and Portugal's opportunity cost of one hairbrush is 6/5 toothbrushes.
Refer to Figure 2-6. The opportunity cost of this economy moving from point I to point F is
120 pillows
Assume that England and France each has 40 labor hours available. If each country divides its time equally between the production of cheese and wine, then total production is
24 units of cheese and 15 units of wine
Assume that England and France each has 40 labor hours available. If each country divides its time equally between the production of cheese and wine, then total production is (question 7 in ch 3)
24 units of cheese and 15 units of wine
Refer to Figure 2-6. If this economy devotes all of its resources to the production of blankets, then it will produce
360 blankets and 0 pillows.
The opportunity cost of 1 bowl for Bintu is
4 cups.
Japan's opportunity cost of one airplane is
5 cars and Korea's opportunity cost of one airplane is 3 cars.
Refer to Table 3-20. What is Brad's opportunity cost of producing one pound of beef? (question 15 ch 3)
6/5 bushels of wheat
Refer to Figure 2-5. If this economy devotes all of its resources to the production of dryers, then it will produce
80 dryers and 0 washers.
Refer to Figure 9-11. Consumer surplus in this market after trade is
A + B + D.
Which of the following is true?
A common market is more deeply integrated than a customs union.
Refer to Figure 2-5. Efficient production is represented by which point(s)?
A, B
Refer to Figure 9-11. Consumer surplus in this market before trade is
A.
Abby bakes brownies and Liam grows flowers. In which of the following cases is it impossible for both Abby and Liam to benefit from trade?
Abby does not like flowers and Liam does not like brownies.
Tariffs are highest in which sector internationally?
Agriculture
Which of the following is true?
Agriculture is the main industry that uses child labor.
Which of the following is FALSE?
All labor and environmental conditions improve with income growth.
When can two countries gain from trading two goods?
All of these: -When the first country can only produce the first good and the second country can only produce the second good -when the first country can produce both goods, but can only produce the second good at great cost, and the second country can produce both goods, but can only produce the first good at great cost -when the first country is better at producing both goods and the second country is worse at producing both goods
If two countries agree to specialize and trade based on comparative advantage, which of the following is most likely to be true?
Both of the countries will consume outside their respective production possibilities curves.
The fact that the line slopes downward reflects the fact that (question 9 ch 3)
Brazil faces a tradeoff between producing peanuts and producing cashews
Refer to Figure 2-5. It is not possible for this economy to produce at point
C
Based on Figure 6.1, given a tariff of $0.25 per bushel on soybean imports, how much will domestic production increase?
Domestic firms will increase output by 10 million bushels.
Which of the following is NOT a true statement about economic sanctions?
Economic sanctions are usually effective in achieving policy goals.
From the late 1940s until the creation of the WTO, the organization that was primarily responsible for conducting rounds of trade negotiations was the
GATT.
Which of the following is true?
Generally, the lower the country's average income, the less administrative, scientific, and technical capacity it has to design and enforce standards.
Based on Figure 6.1, suppose the government puts a tariff of $0.25 per bushel on soybean imports. How much will the tariff reduce imports?
Imports will decrease by 20 million bushels.
Refer to Figure 2-8. Efficient production is represented by which point(s)?
J, K
Mary looks over reports on four of her workers. Jack made 30 baskets in 5 hours. Rudy made 32 baskets in 8 hours. Sam made 40 baskets in 12 hours. Walter made 22 baskets in four hours. Who has the greatest productivity?
Jack
Kelly and David are both capable of repairing cars and cooking meals. Which of the following scenarios is not possible?
Kelly has a comparative advantage in repairing cars and in cooking meals.
Refer to Figure 2-7. Inefficient production is represented by which point(s)?
N,O,P
The graph above shows domestic supply and demand with trade. With trade, this country can purchase at the world price, Pw. Which of the following areas represents producer surplus with trade?
Pw-A-0
If a large percentage of economic activity in developing countries is unrecorded, then the countries are likely to rely on which of the following taxes to provide government revenue?
Tariffs
Which of the following would be a deadweight loss from a tariff?
The decrease in consumer surplus due to a drop in consumption
Based on Figure 6.1, how much revenue will the government raise from a $0.25 per bushel tariff on soybean imports?
The government will raise $15 million.
Based on the graphs above, which of the following is true?
The opportunity cost of a car in the U.S. is 1 unit of wheat.
If one nation is able to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another, it has
a comparative advantage in that good
Assume that John and Jane each work 24 hours. What happens to total production if instead of each person spending 12 hours producing each good, Jane spends 21 hours producing wine and 3 hours producing bread and John spends 3 hours producing wine and 21 hours producing bread? (question 6 in ch 3)
The total production of bread and wine each rise.
In which way are tariffs different from quotas?
They raise government revenue.
Producer surplus is equal to the area
above the supply curve and below the price line.
High-income industrial nations such as the United States and Japan tend to have their highest tariffs in
agriculture, clothing, and textiles
Tom produces baseball gloves and baseball bats. Steve also produces baseball gloves and baseball bats, but Tom is better at producing both goods. In this case, trade could
benefit both Steve and Tom.
When countries try to ban child labor,
child labor often moves to the informal economy.
Harmonization of standards refers to
common product safety, environment, labor, and fair competition standards agreed upon by trading partners
People who provide you with goods and services
do so because they get something in return
The trade-to-GDP ratio is calculated by
exports plus imports divided by GDP.
In economic terms, tariffs are preferred to quotas because
given the way quotas are usually administered, tariffs cause a smaller net national welfare loss
Productivity is defined as the quantity of
goods and services produced from each unit of labor input.
One of the strongest motivations for holding the Bretton Woods Conference was to design new international institutions that would
help countries avoid the mistakes of the 1920s and 1930s.
Refer to Figure 9-4. With trade, Nicaragua
imports 250 calculators.
Refer to Figure 9-6. Before the tariff is imposed, this country
imports 400 roses.
One important difference between the international economy of today and the economy of 100 years ago is
the presence of international bodies such as the IMF and World Bank.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of capital mobility today is that
there are far more kinds of financial instruments than there were 100 years ago.
Developing countries are usually unwilling to negotiate over labor standards because
they fear that industrialized nations are trying to undermine their comparative advantage—production of agriculture and textiles/apparel—and close the markets of high-income countries in these areas.
