When Determining What a Country Should Specialize in Producing, Economists

question 150

Multiple Choice

When determining what a country should specialize in producing, economists chiefly consider:

• A) absolute advantage.
• B) comparative advantage.
• C) incentives.
• D) the dispersion of knowledge.

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Definitions:

Free Access Rule

A policy or principle in behavior analysis allowing unrestricted access to a reinforcing stimulus to ensure its effectiveness as a reinforcer.

DRO Increasing-Interval Schedules

A behavior modification technique where reinforcement of any behavior other than the target behavior is delivered at increasing intervals of time.

Differential Reinforcement

A process of reinforcing specific behaviors while withholding reinforcement for other, less desirable behaviors.

DRL

Differential Reinforcement of Low Rates, a behavioral technique used to decrease the frequency of a behavior but not necessarily eliminate it.