Comparative Advantage Is the Rule That Ordinarily Prevents a Nation

question 123

True/False

Comparative advantage is the rule that ordinarily prevents a nation from independently producing all of the goods it requires.

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Definitions:

Output

Refers to the total amount of goods or services produced by an entity in a given period.

Production Function

A mathematical relationship that describes the maximum amount of output that can be produced from a given set of inputs under certain technology.

Returns To Scale

The rate at which production output increases as a result of a proportional increase in all inputs or resources.

Marginal Product

The increase in output resulting from a one-unit increase in the input, keeping all other inputs constant.