A. G-7 countries
B. countries with highest productivity growth in the world since 1960
C. countries with decreasing TFP growth since 1990s
D. countries with the lowest information technology equipment and software index prices
Related Mcqs:
- Suppose that tomatoes from Mexico face a 20 percent tariff in the United States and a 25 percent tariff in Canada. If the United States and Canada maintain free trade between each other, the these two countries belong to a ?
A. free-trade area
B. customs union
C. common market
D. monetary union - To maintain its economic position, Japan has often limited the number of cars or the quantity of farm products that the United States can sell in Japan Japan has imposed these limits to develop ?
A. an equality of trade position
B. a favorable balance of trade
C. a more open market
D. a belief system - Suppose that the United Kingdom devalues the pound if both exports and imports are written in terms of pounds then the United Kingdom balance of trade during a currency contract period ?
A. improves
B. worsens
C. is unaffected
D. falls for a while before increasing - G. MacDougal compared export ratios and labor productivity ratios for the United States and the United Kingdom in order to test the:
A. Ricardian theory of comparative
B. Heckscher Ohl in theory of comparative advantage
C. Linder theory of overlapping demand all of the above
D. None of these - 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 - Under free trade, Canada would not realize any gains from trade with Sweden if Canada ?
A. Trades at Canada’s marginal rate of transformation
B. Trade at Sweden’s marginal rate of transformation
C. Specializes completely in the production of its export good
D. Specializes partially in the production of its exports goods - The firm would maximize profit by selling computers in the United States at a price of __________ and _________ computers in Japan at a price of __________?
A. 200, $2,000, 100 $1,000
B. 300, $1,800, 800 $800
C. 300, $1,800, 400 $800
D. 500, $1,400, 400 $800 - Assume that the United States faces a percent inflation rate while no (zero) inflation exists in Japan. According to the purchasing power parity theory over the long run the dollar would be expected to ?
A. appreciate by 8 percent against the yen
B. depreciate by 8 percent against the yen
C. remain at its existing exchange rate
None of the above - For the United States suppose the annual interest rate on government securities equals 12 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 8 percent For Japan the annual interest rate on government securities equals 10 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 5 percent the above variables would cause investment funds to flow from ?
A. The United States to Japan causing the dollar to depreciate
B. The United States to Japan causing the dollar to appreciate
C. The Japan to United States, causing the dollar to depreciate
D. The Japan to United States, causing the dollar to appreciate - If the exchange rate between the UK and Japan changes from £1 = 100 yen to £1 = 150 yen then ceteris paribus, the price of UK goods in Japan ?
A. will remain the same
B. will decrease
C. will increase
D. could either increase of decrease
