Country a Has a Comparative Advantage Compared to Country B

question 149

Multiple Choice

Country A has a comparative advantage compared to Country B in the production of shoes if

• A) Country A can produce shoes at a lower monetary cost than Country B can.
• B) Country A can produce shoes using fewer resources than Country B can.
• C) the demand for shoes is higher in Country A than in Country B.
• D) Country A can produce shoes at a lower cost in terms of other goods than Country B can.

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Definitions:

Cyclic AMP

A secondary messenger important in many biological processes, formed from ATP by the action of adenylyl cyclase.

Second Messenger

A substance (e.g., cyclic AMP or calcium ions) that relays a message from a signaling molecule (the first messenger) bound to a cell-surface receptor; leads to some change in the cell.

Protein Kinase A

An enzyme that transfers phosphate groups from ATP to specific proteins, playing a key role in the regulation of cellular processes.

Tyrosine Kinases

A family of enzymes that catalyze the transfer of a phosphate group from ATP to a tyrosine residue in a protein, playing key roles in signal transduction pathways.