Economics MCQs

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One of the main advantages of trade economists suggest is ?
A. Technological change
B. Competitions with foreign suppliers
C. Development of tourism
D. Lower tariffs
International trade in goods and services tends to ?
A. Increase all domestic costs and prices
B. Keep all domestic costs and prices at the same level
C. Lessen the amount of competition facing home manufacturers
D. Increase the amount of competition facing home manufacturers
For the United States, commercial jetliners are ?
A. Imported, but not exported
B. Exported, but not imported
C. Imported and exported
D. Neither exported nor imported
A sudden shift from import tariffs to free trade may induce short-term unemployment in ?
A. Import-competing industries
B. Industries that are only exporters
C. Industries that sell domestically as well as export
D. Industries that neither import nor export
The most wave of globalization which began in the 1980s has emphasized the outsourcing of ?
A. Services and white-collar jobs
B. Manufacturing and blue-collar jobs
C. Natural resource extraction and mining jobs
D. Agriculture and farming jobs
A significant portion of actual world trade patterns results from ?
A. The industrial policies of governments
B. Different sizes of the countries
C. Different factor endowment between countries
D. The different tastes and preferences of people in different countries
International trade tends to cause welfare losses to at least some groups in a country ?
A. The less mobile the country’s resources
B. The more mobile the country’s resources
C. The lower the country’s initial living standard
The higher the country’s initial living standard