Nations Will Be Able to Produce a Larger Joint Output

question 95

Multiple Choice

Nations will be able to produce a larger joint output and realize mutual gains when each specializes in the production of those items for which it is a low-opportunity cost producer and trades for those things that it could produce only at a high cost. This statement best describes the

• A) free rider problem.
• B) infant-industry argument.
• C) law of comparative advantage.
• D) equation of exchange.

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