Requiring a Firm with International Operations to Follow the Standards

question 21

Multiple Choice

Requiring a firm with international operations to follow the standards of its home country instead of those of the foreign country has all of the following advantages except

• A)it takes care of the fear of a race-to-the-bottom by making it impossible for a home-based company to exploit low standards.
• B)it shifts the costs of improved standards to firms and consumers in high-income countries.
• C)it avoids the problems of high-income countries dictating what standards are to be used. In this situation, firms that cross national boundaries must conform to whichever standards are higher.
• D)it is a comprehensive measure, since it addresses the problem of production in foreign firms as well as firms from high-standards countries that relocate abroad.

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Definitions:

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A technique in NMR spectroscopy where the coupling between protons is removed to simplify the spectrum.

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A technique in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy that removes the interaction between proton spins to simplify the spectrum and aid in structural analysis.