Economics MCQs

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The factor endowment theory was pioneered by ?
A. Adam smith
B. David ricardo
C. Wassily leontief
D. Eli heckscher and bertil ohlin
A product will be traded only if the pre-trade price difference between the two countries ?
A. Is less than the cost of transporting it between them
B. Is greater than the cost of transporting it between them equals the cost of transporting it between them
C. Equals the cost of transporting it between them
D. More information in needed to answer this
Leontief’s result were considered paradoxical because the United Stated was believed to be ?
A. Technologically efficient relative to the rest of the world
B. Capital abundant relative to the rest of the world
C. Labor abundant relative to the rest of the world
D. All of the above
Wassily Leontief’s results can be interpreted as ?
A. Evidence against the ricardi an model
B. Evidence against the heckscher-ohl in model
C. Support for the ricardian model
D. Support for the heckcher ohlin model
Wassily Leontief used an input output table in order to test the ?
A. Ricardian theory of comparative advantage
B. Heckscher ohl in theory of comparative advantage
C. Linder theory of overlapping demand
D. All of the above
In his empirical tests, Wassily Leontief used an input-output table to ?
A. Calculate the capital and labor required to produce $1 million of u.s exports and imports
B. Calculate the labor productivity of america workers relative to foreign workers
C. Calculate the capital productivity of american capital relative to foreign capital
D. All of the above
By reducing the volume of trade transportation costs tend to ?
A. Stop the process of product price equalization and factor price equalization before they are complete:
B. Ensure that the process of product price equalization and factor price equalization are complete
C. Eliminate all of the feasible gains from international trade
D. Maximize all of the feasible gains from international trade