国际经济学作业

Quiz for Ch5 1) In the 2-factor, 2-good Heckscher-Ohlin model, an influx of workers from across the border w ould A) move the point of production along the production possibility curve. B) shift the production possibility curve outward, and increase the production of both goods. C) shift the production possibility curve outward and decrease the production of the labor-inten sive product. D) shift the production possibility curve outward and decrease the production of the capital-inte nsive product. E) shift the possibility curve outward and displace preexisting labor. 2) In the 2-factor, 2-good Heckscher-Ohlin model, the two countries differ in A) tastes and preferences. B) military capabilities. C) the size of their economies. D) relative abundance of factors of production. E) labor productivities. 3) One way in which the Heckscher-Ohlin model differs from the Ricardo model of comparative a dvantage is by assuming that ________ is (are) identical in all countries. A) factor endowments B) scale of production C) factor intensities D) technology E) opportunity costs 4) If a country produces good Y (measured on the vertical axis) and good X (measured on the hor izontal axis), then the absolute value of the slope of its production possibility frontier is equal to A) the opportunity cost of good X. B) the price of good X divided by the price of good Y. C) the price of good X divided by the price of good Y. D) the opportunity cost of good Y. E) the cost of capital (assuming that good Y is capital intensive) divided by the cost of labor. 5) The Heckscher-Ohlin model differs from the Ricardian model of Comparative Advantage in tha t the former A) has only two countries. B) has only two products. C) has two factors of production. D) has two production possibility frontiers (one for each country). E) has varying wage rates. 1 6) In the 2-factor, 2-good Heckscher-Ohlin model, the country with a relative abundance of ____ ____ will have a production possibility frontier that is biased toward production of the ________ good. A) labor; labor intensive B) labor; capital intensive C) land; labor intensive D) land; capital intensive E) capital; land intensive 7) In the 2-factor, 2-good Heckscher-Ohlin model, the country with a relative abundance of ____ ____ will have a production possibility frontier that is biased toward production of the ________ good. A) labor; capital intensive B) capital; capital intensive C) land; labor intensive D) land; capital intensive E) labor; land intensive 8) In the 2-factor, 2-good Heckscher-Ohlin model, the production possibility frontier is kinked wh en A) there is no factor substitution in production. B) the opportunity cost of production is constant. C) there are unemployed factor resources. D) a country does not engage in trade. E) transportation costs are very high. 9) In the 2-factor, 2-good Heckscher-Ohlin model, trade will ________ the owners of a country’s ________ factor and will ________ the good that uses that factor intensively. A) harm; abundant; import B) benefit; scarce; export C) benefit; scarce; import D) benefit; abundant; export E) harm; scarce; export 10) According to the Heckscher-Ohlin model, the source of comparative advantage is a country’s A) technology. B) factor endowments. C) advertising. D) human capital. E) political system. 11) In the 2-factor, 2-good Heckscher-Ohlin model, trade will ________ the owners of a country’s ________ factor and will ________ the good that uses that factor intensively. A) harm; abundant; import B) benefit; scarce; export C) benefit; scarce; import D) harm; scarce; import E) harm; scarce; export 12) The assumption of diminishing returns in the Heckscher-Ohlin model means that, unlike in th e Ricardian model, it is likely that A) countries will benefit from free international trade. B) countries will not be fully specialized in one product. C) countries will consume outside their production possibility frontier. D) comparative advantage will not determine the direction of trade. E) global production will decrease under trade. 13) In the Heckscher-Ohlin model, countries are assumed to differ only in terms of their A) tastes and preferences. B) available technologies. C) factor endowments. D) factor productivities. E) physical size. 14) In the Heckscher-Ohlin model, when two countries begin to trade with each other A) relative factor prices in the two countries diverge. B) the relative prices of traded goods in the two countries converge. C) benefits from trade are evenly distributed between the two countries. D) all factors in both countries will gain from trade. E) all factors in one country will gain, but there may be no gains in the other country. Assume that only two countries, A and B, exist. 15) Refer to the table above. If good S is capital intensive, then following the Heckscher-Ohlin Th eory, A) country B will export good S. B) country A will export good S. C) both countries will export good S. D) trade will not occur between these two countries. E) both countries will import good S. 16) Refer to the table above. If you are told that Country B is very much richer than Country A, t hen the correct answer is A) country B will export good S. B) country A will export good S. C) both countries will export good S. D) trade will not occur between these two countries. E) both countries will import good S. 17) Refer to the table above. You are told that Country B is very much larger than country A. The correct answer is A) country B will export good S. B) country A will export good S. C) both countries will export good S. D) trade will not occur between these two countries. E) both countries will import good S. 18) Refer to the table above. You are told that Country B has no minimum wage or child labor la ws. Now the correct answer is A) country A will export good S. B) both countries will export good S. C) trade will not occur between these two countries. D) country B will export good S. E) both countries will import good S. 19) If a good is labor intensive it means that the good is produced A) using labor as the only input. B) using more labor per unit of output than goods that are not labor intensive. C) using relatively more labor than goods that are not labor intensive. D) using labor such that the total cost of labor is greater than the total cost of capital. E) using labor such that the cost of labor is more than 50% of total cost. 20) In the Heckscher-Ohlin model, when there is international-trade equilibrium A) the capital rich country will charge less for the capital intensive good than the price paid by th e capital poor country for the capital-intensive good. B) the relative price of the capital intensive good in the capital rich country will be the same as t hat in the capital poor country. C) the capital rich country will charge more for the capital intensive good than the price paid by t he capital poor country for the capital-intensive good. D) workers in the capital rich country will earn more than those in the poor country. E) the workers in the capital rich country will earn less than those in the poor country. 21) If two countries are very different in relative factor abundance, then empirically support for which of the following would less likely? A) the Factor Price Equalization Theorem B) the Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem C) the Law of One Price D) the Law of Demand E) the Gravity Theorem 22) If a good is capital intensive it means that the good is produced A) using capital as the only input. B) using relatively more capital than goods that are not capital intensive. C) using more capital per unit of output than goods that are not capital intensive. D) using capital such that the total cost of capital is greater than the total cost of labor. E) using capital such that the cost of capital is more than 50% of total cost. 23) The Heckscher-Ohlin model predicts all of the following except A) which country will export which product. B) which factor of production within each country will gain from trade. C) that relative wages will tend to become equal in both trading countries. D) the volume of trade. E) that trade increases a country’s overall welfare. 24) If Australia has relatively more land per worker, and Belgium has relatively more capital per worker, then if trade began between these two countries, A) the relative price of the land-intensive product would increase in Australia. B) the relative price of the capital-intensive product would increase in Australia. C) the relative price of the land-intensive product would increase in Belgium. D) the relative price of the capital-intensive product would decrease in Belgium. E) relative product prices would diverge between Australia and Belgium. 25) If Australia has more land per worker, and Belgium has more capital per worker,then if trade began between these two countries, A) the real income of capital owners in Australia would increase. B) the real income of labor in Australia would decline. C) the real income of landowners in Belgium would decline. D) the real income of labor in Belgium would decline. E) the real income of labor in both countries would decline. 26) If Japan is relatively capital rich and the United States is relatively land rich, and if food is rela tively land intensive then trade between these two, formerly autarkic countries will result in A) an increase in the relative price of food in the U.S. B) an increase in the relative price of food in Japan. C) a global increase in the relative price of food. D) a decrease in the relative price of food in both countries. E) an increase in the relative price of food in both countries. 27) Trade benefits a country by A) increasing available consumption choices. B) reducing the need for specialization in production. C) reducing the relative price of the exported good. D) increasing the real income of all resource owners. E) increasing the wage rate. 28) If Gambinia has many workers but very little land and even less productive capital, then, foll owing the Heckscher-Ohlin model, we predict that Gambinia will export A) capital-intensive goods. B) labor-intensive goods. C) both capital- and land-intensive goods. D) land-intensive goods. E) both labor- and land-intensive goods. 29) If Gambinia has many workers but very little land and even less productive capital, then, foll owing the Heckscher-Ohlin model, in order to improve the country’s economic welfare, the Gam binian government should A) engage in free trade. B) protect the capital-intensive product. C) protect the land-intensive product. D) protect the labor-intensive product. E) discontinue all international trade. 30) Starting from an autarky (no-trade) situation with Heckscher-Ohlin model, if Country H is rela tively labor abundant, then once trade begins A) wages and rents should rise in H. B) wages and rents should fall in H. C) wages should rise and rents should fall in H. D) wages should fall and rents should rise in H. E) rent will be unchanged but wages will rise in H. 31) Suppose that there are two factors, capital and land, and that the United States is relatively l and endowed while the European Union is relatively capital-endowed. According to the Hecksche r-Ohlin model, A) European capitalists should support U.S.-European free trade. B) European landowners should support U.S.-European free trade. C) all capitalists in both countries should support free trade. D) all landowners should support free trade. E) the U.S. should compensate European countries once trade commences. 32) International trade has strong effects on income distributions. Therefore, international trade A) is beneficial to everyone in both trading countries. B) will tend to hurt some groups in each trading country. C) will tend to hurt one trading country. D) will tend to hurt everyone in both countries. E) will be beneficial to all those engaged in international trade. 33) Factors tend to be specific to certain uses and products A) in countries lacking comparative advantage. B) in capital-intensive industries. C) in labor-intensive industries. D) in countries lacking fair labor laws. E) in the short run. 34) If the price of the capital intensive product rises more than does the price of the land intensi ve product, then A) the relative price of the capital intensive product will fall to some point between the pretrade relative prices. B) demand will shift away from the capital-intensive product, and its production will decrease. C) demand will shift away from the capital-intensive product, and its production will decrease rel ative to that of the land intensive product. D) the production of the capital-intensive product will decrease, but by less than production of t he land-intensive product. E) the country that exports the capital-intensive good will lose its comparative advantage. 35) If trade opens up between the two formerly autarkic countries, Australia and Belgium, then A) the real income of Australia and of Belgium will increase. B) the real income of Australia but not of Belgium will increase. C) the real income of both countries may increase. D) the real income of neither country will increase. E) the real income of both countries will increase. 36) The Leontieff Paradox A) supported the validity of the Ricardian theory of comparative advantage. B) supported the validity of the Heckscher-Ohlin model. C) failed to support the validity of the Heckscher-Ohlin model. D) failed to support the validity of the Ricardian theory. E) proved that the U.S. economy is different from all others. 37) The Leontieff Paradox A) refers to the finding that U.S. Exports were more capital intensive than its exports. B) refers to the finding that U.S. exports were more labor intensive than its imports. C) refers to the finding that the U.S. produces outside its Edgeworth Box. D) still accurately applies to today’s pattern of U.S. international trade. E) refers to the fact that Leontieff an American economist had a Russian name. 38) The 1987 study by Bowen, Leamer and Sveikauskas A) supported the validity of the Heckscher-Ohlin model. B) used a two-country and two-product framework. C) demonstrated that in fact countries tend to use different technologies. D) proved that the U.S.’s comparative advantage relied on skilled labor. E) supported the validity of the Leontieff Paradox. 39) Empirical observations on actual North-South trade patterns tend to A) support the validity of the Heckscher-Ohlin model. B) support the validity of the Leontieff Paradox. C) support the validity of the Rybczynski Theorem. D) support the validity of the wage equalization theorem. E) support the validity of the neo-imperialism exploitation theory. 40) The Case of the Missing Trade refers to A) the 9th volume of the Hardy Boys’ Mystery series. B) the fact that world exports does not equal world imports. C) the fact that factor trade is less than predicted by the Heckscher-Ohlin theory. D) the fact that the Heckscher Ohlin theory predicts much less volume of trade than actually exis ts. E) the fact that the Heckscher Ohlin theory never applies to China-U.S. trade practices. 41) Which of the following is an assertion of the Heckscher-Ohlin model? A) An increase in a country’s labor supply will increase production of both the capital-intensive a nd the labor-intensive good. B) In the long-run, labor is mobile and capital is not. C) Factor price equalization will occur only if there is costless mobility of all factors across border s. D) The wage-rental ratio is determined by relative product prices. E) Factor endowments determine the technology that is available to a country, which determine s the good in which the country will have a comparative advantage. 42) Which of the following is an assertion of the Heckscher-Ohlin model? A) An increase in a country’s labor supply will increase production of both the capital-intensive a nd the labor-intensive good. B) The wage-rental ratio determines the capital-labor ratio in a country’s industries. C) In the long-run, labor is mobile and capital is not. D) Factor price equalization will occur only if there is costless mobility of all factors across border s. E) Factor endowments determine the technology that is available to a country, which determine s the good in which the country will have a comparative advantage. 43) Which of the following is an assertion of the Heckscher-Ohlin model? A) An increase in a country’s labor supply will increase production of the labor-intensive good an d decrease production of the capital-intensive good. B) An increase in a country’s labor supply will increase production of both the capital-intensive a nd the labor-intensive good. C) In the long-run, labor is mobile and capital is not. D) Factor price equalization will occur only if there is costless mobility of all factors across border s. E) Factor endowments determine the technology that is available to a country, which determine s the good in which the country will have a comparative advantage.