A. trade diversion effect
B. increased monopoly power of firms
C. decrease customs costs
D. economy-of-scale effect
Related Mcqs:
- Which level of economic integration best applies to the U.S economy ?
A. free trade area
B. customs union
C. common market
D. monetary union - Economic integration ?
A. occurs when countries are granted most favored nation status
B. occurs when one country voluntarily agrees to reduce its exports to another country
C. occurs when two or more nations join to form a free-trade zone
D. Occurs when countries develop an acquired comparative advantage that makes their industries more competitive in international markets - The income effect of a price increase of a normal good is to ________ of that good and the substitution effect is to _________ of that good?
A. increase quantity demanded, reduce quantity demanded
B. increase quantity demanded, increases quantity demanded
C. reduce quantity demanded, reduce quantity demanded
D. reduce quantity demanded, increase quantity demanded - Suppose an oligopolist individually maximizes its profits. When calculating profits, if the output effect exceeds the price effect on the marginal unit of production, then the oligopolist ?
A. Should produce more units
B. has maximized profits.
C. is in a Nash equilibrium
D. Should produce fewer units
E. should exit the industry. - Suppose the government increases its purchases by Rs16 billion. If the multiplier effect exceeds the crowding out effect, then ?
A. The aggregate supply curve shifts to the right by more than Rs 16 billion
B. The aggregate demand curve shifts to the left by more than Rs 16 billion
C. The aggregate demand curve shifts to the right by more than Rs 16 billion
D. the aggregate supply curve shifts to the left by more than Rs 16 billion - If the income effect is smaller than the substitution effect, higher net wages will ?
A. reduce the supply of labour.
B. increase the demand for labour
C. increase the supply of labour
D. have no effect on the supply of labour - Assuming leisure is a normal good, if the income effect is greater than the substitution effect a wage increase ?
A. will have no effect on labour supply
B. will decreases labour supply
C. could cause either an increases or a decrease in labour supply
D. will increase labour supply. - The substitution effect of a rise in the price of labour will ____ the quantity of labour and the output, effect will ____ it
A. increase; increase
B. increase; reduce
C. reduce; reduce
D. reduce; increase - Dynamic comparative advantage theory ?
A. helps explain why some nations use industrial policy to support potentially competitive new firms
B. cannot explain strategic competition between firms such as Boeing and Airbus
C. Is another name for Ricardo’s comparative advantage theory?
D. None of the above - Dynamic gains from trade could result from ?
A. The stimulus of additional investment spending as market open
B. Economies of large scale production as markets open
C. Additional competition made possible by the opening of markets
D. All of the above
