When the Principle of Comparative Advantage Is Used to Guide

question 153

Multiple Choice

When the principle of comparative advantage is used to guide trade, then a country will specialize by producing only

• A) goods with the highest opportunity cost.
• B) goods with the lowest opportunity costs.
• C) goods for which production takes fewer worker-hour than another country.
• D) goods for which production costs are more than average total costs.

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