Which of the Following Best Supports a Nation's Decision to Implement

question 34

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best supports a nation's decision to implement a strategic trade (industrial) policy?

• A) The policies have usually resulted in big payoffs.
• B) Governments, rather than entrepreneurs, should take the risks of developing new industries.
• C) Consumer needs would otherwise not be met.
• D) Government actions should target industries that are believed to give the country its best export advantages.

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Definitions:

Waiting-list Control

A group in experimental research that does not receive the intervention during the study but is promised to receive it once the study is completed, used to control for placebo effects.

Operational Definitions

Precise descriptions of the variables used in a study, defining them in terms of the specific operations or techniques used to measure or manipulate them.

Analogue Methodology

Research methods that simulate real-life situations in a controlled environment, often used to study behaviors or phenomena that cannot be directly manipulated for ethical or practical reasons.

Internal Validity

The degree to which a study can demonstrate a causal relationship between variables, free from the contamination of other variables that might confound the results.