A. technological change
B. competitions with foreign suppliers
C. development of tourism
D. lower tariffs
Related Mcqs:
- Economists suggest that an optimum tariff would be one which reduce imports to a point where___________?
A. Comparative advantage is achieved
B. Price elasticity of imports is unity and tariff revenue is maximized
C. import prices are the same as export prices
D. marginal social cost equals marginal social benefit - A group of economists argue that the real problem with the economy is high rates of taxation and heavy regulation that reduce the incentives to work, save and invest. These economists are?
A. Supply-side economics
B. neo-Keynesian economists
C. rational-expectations economists.
D. new classical economists. - A group of economists argue that the real problem with the economy is high rates of taxation and heavy regulation that reduce the incentives to work save and invest these economists are ?
A. supply side economists
B. neo-Keynesian economists
C. rational -expectations economists
D. New classical economists - Suppose two economists are arguing about policies that deal with unemployment. One economist says. The government could lower unemployment by one percentage point if it would just increase government spending by 50 billion dollars the other economist responds Nonsense and poppycock! If the government spent an additional 50 billion dollars it would reduce unemployment by only one tenth of one percent. and that effect would only be temporary! These economists ?
A. None of these answers
B. Disagree because they have different scientific judgments
C. really don’t disagree at all. It just appears that they disagree
D. disagree because they have different values - Suppose two economists are arguing about policies that deal with unemployment One economist says the government should fight unemployment because it is the greatest social evil The other economist response Nonsense Inflation is the greatest social evil These economists ?
A. really don’t disagree at all It just appears that they disagree.
B. disagree because they have different values.
C. none of these answers.
D. disagree because they have different scientific judgments. - When free trade areas are set up the member countries trade with each other grows faster than their trade with other countries This is due to what economist call ?
A. trade diversion
B. trade channeling
C. trade creation and trade diversion
D. trade creation - How is termed equal rights of trade of trade without giving monopolies or preferences to an individual country ?
A. Open door market
B. Open door country
C. Open sky market
D. Free economy - Trade creation will more likely outweigh trade diversion for Country X that forms a customs union if the level of tariffs in Country X prior to the customs union is ________ and the total number of countries forming the customs union is _________?
A. relatively high; relatively large
B. relatively high; relatively small
C. relatively low ; relatively large
D. relatively low ; relatively small - 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
