Home Has a Comparative Advantage in Wheat, and Foreign Has

question 195

Multiple Choice

Home has a comparative advantage in wheat, and Foreign has a comparative advantage in cloth. Once trade occurs, Home produces 1,500 bushels of wheat, and Foreign produces 1,000 yards of cloth. The following table shows the amount of wheat that Home is willing to trade to acquire more cloth. Suppose that Home's trade price rose from 0.5 bushel of wheat per yard of cloth in 2009 to a bushel of wheat per yard of cloth in 2010. Which of the following statements is true?

• A) Home's situation had greatly improved in 2010.
• B) Home's situation had deteriorated in 2010.
• C) Home's situation was the same as it was in 2009.
• D) Home's situation had slightly improved in 2010.

Understand how competition affects market prices and production levels.

Learn the principles of resource allocation in the presence of external costs and benefits.

Understand the effects of governmental policies, such as taxes and subsidies, on market equilibriums.

Recognize the significance of well-defined property rights in addressing externalities.

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