If Trade Opens Up Between the Two Formerly Autarkic Countries,Australia

question 7

Multiple Choice

If trade opens up between the two formerly autarkic countries,Australia and Belgium,then

• A)the real income of Australia but not of Belgium will increase.
• B)the real income of both countries will increase.
• C)the real income of Australia and of Belgium will increase.
• D)the real income of neither country will increase.
• E)the real income of both countries may increase.

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