When a Country Has a Comparative Advantage in Producing a Certain

question 3

Multiple Choice

When a country has a comparative advantage in producing a certain good,

• A)the country should import that good.
• B)the country should produce just enough of that good for its own consumption.
• C)the country's opportunity cost of that good is high relative to other countries' opportunity costs of that same good.
• D)None of the above is correct.

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Definitions:

Marginal Revenue Product

The extra income created by the use of an additional unit of a production input.

Marginal Resource Cost

Marginal Resource Cost is the additional cost incurred by obtaining one more unit of a resource, such as labor or raw materials, used in the production of goods and services.

Profits

The financial gain realized when the revenues from business activities exceed the expenses, costs, and taxes needed to sustain the activity.

MRP Curve

Short for Marginal Revenue Product curve, which represents the additional revenue a firm earns by employing one more unit of input, assuming other factors remain constant.