Surplus labor theories assume that ?

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1. Assume that Country A is relatively abundant in labor and Country B is relatively abundant in land Note that wages are the returns to labor and rents are the returns to land According to the factor price equalization theorem, once Country A begins specializing according to comparative advantage and trading with Country B: A. wages and rents should fall in Country A B. wages and rents should rise in Country A C. wages should rise and rents should fall in Country A D. wages should fall and rents should raise in Country A ?

   XA. wages and rents should fall in Country A
   B. wages and rents should rise in Country A
   C. wages should rise and rents should fall in Country A
   D. wages should fall and rents should raise in Country A

2. Compared to what occurred under free trade, Mexico’s producer surplus ____ and consumer surplus ____ as a result of the subsidy Use the figure that you have plotted to calculate the amounts ?

   A. decreases, decreases
   B. decreases, increases
   C. increases, decreases
   D. increases, increases

3. To reduce imports, suppose that the government of Norway’s imposes a quota equal to 800 computers, Compared to what occurred under free trade, Norway’s consumers surplus will ________ and its producer surplus will _______ Can you calculate these amounts? Try plotting the information of this table on a sheet of graph paper ?

   A. increase, increase
   B. increase, decrease
   C. decrease, increase
   D. decrease, decrease

4. With free trade suppose that the rest of the world can supply computers to Norway at a price of $1,500 Norway’s imports will now equal. Compared to What occurred in the absence of trade, Norway’s consumers surplus will _____ and its producer surplus will ____. Can you calculate these amounts? Try plotting the information of this table on a sheet of graph paper ?

   A. 1,600 computers, decrease, increase
   B. 1,600 computers, increase, decrease
   C. 1,200 computers, decrease, increase
   D. 1,200 computers, increase, decrease

5. With free trade, suppose that the rest of the world can supply calculators to Canada at a price of $30. Canada’s imports would now equal _____ and its consumer surplus would ____ relative to what occurred in the absence of trade. What is the change in consumer surplus? Refer to the figure that you have plotted ?

   A. 20 calculators increase
   B. 25 calculators decrease
   C. 25 calculators increase
   D. 30 calculators increase

6. Which of the following is true with regard to a tax on labor income? Taxes on labor income tend to encourage ?

   A. the unscrupulous to enter the underground economy
   B. the elderly to retire early.
   C. all the things described in these answers.
   D. second earners to stay home.
   E. workers to work fewer hours

7. one of the tenets of the classical view of the labor market is that the wage adjustments that are necessary to clear the labor market occur ?

   A. quickly
   B. slowly
   C. very infrequently
   D. instantly

8. Refer to Exhibit 4. If a tax is placed on the product in this market consumer surplus is the area ?

   A. D
   B. A
   C. A + B + E
   D. A + B +C + D

9. If the Pakistani government runs a budget surplus there is ?

   A. an excess of government receipts over government spending.
   B. an equality of government spending and receipts.
   C. a surplus of government workers.
   D. an excess of government spending over government receipts.

10. In low-income countries the average agricultural family produces a surplus ?

    A. enough to supply only a small nonagricultural population
    B. of zero
    C. large enough of feed five other families
    D. large enough to feed 25 other families