Economics Questions

34.

Amount of Beef or Computers Produced by

One Worker in a Day

Canada Japan

Beef 8 5

Computers 3 4

2. Which country has the absolute advantage in beef

production?

3. Which country has the absolute advantage in computer

production?

4. Which country has the comparative advantage in

beef production?

5. Which country has the comparative advantage in

computer production?

6. What are the limits of the terms of trade? Specifically,

when is Canada willing to trade with Japan,

and when is Japan willing to trade with Canada?



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3. Tariffs and quotas both raise the price of foreign

goods to domestic consumers. What is the difference

between the effects of a tariff and the effects of

a quota on the following?

a. The domestic government

b. Foreign producers

c. Domestic producers



9. How would the effects of international trade on the

domestic orange market change if the world price

of oranges were above the domestic equilibrium

price? Draw a graph to help explain your answer.



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13. You are a U.S. importer who buys goods from

many different countries. How many U.S. dollars

do you need to settle each of the following

invoices?



a. 1,000,000 Australian dollars for wool blankets

(exchange rate: A$1 . $.769)

b. 500,000 British pounds for dishes (exchange

rate: £1 . $1.5855)

c. 100,000 Indian rupees for baskets (exchange

rate: Rs1 . $.0602)

d. 350 million Japanese yen for stereo components

(exchange rate: ¥1 . $.0069)

e. 825,000 euros for German wine (exchange rate:

E 1 . $1.05)

14. What is the dollar value of the invoices in exercise

13 if the dollar:

a. depreciates 10 percent against the Australian

dollar

b. appreciates 10 percent against the British pound

c. depreciates 10 percent against the Indian rupee

d. appreciates 20 percent against the Japanese yen

e. depreciates 100 percent against the euro

15. Explain purchasing power parity and why it does

not hold perfectly in the real world