If Labor in Mexico Is Less Productive Than Labor in the United

question 96

Multiple Choice

If labor in Mexico is less productive than labor in the United States in all areas of production,

• A)then neither nation can benefit from trade.
• B)then Mexico can benefit from trade but the United States cannot.
• C)then the United States will have a comparative advantage relative to Mexico in the production of all goods.
• D)then both Mexico and the United States still can benefit from trade.

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The threshold below which a p-value is considered statistically significant, typical levels are 0.05, 0.01, etc., indicating the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true.

Normal Population

A population in which the data follows a normal distribution, characterized by a bell-shaped curve where most observations cluster around the central peak and probabilities for values taper off symmetrically towards the extremes.

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations or predictions that are based on limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Level of Significance

The probability threshold under which a null hypothesis is rejected in hypothesis testing, often denoted by alpha.