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国际经济学作业
QuizforCh5
1） In the 2-factor, 2-good Heckscher-Ohlin model, an influx of workers from across the border would
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-intensive product.
D） shift the production possibility curve outward and decrease the production of the capital-intensive 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 advantage 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 horizontal 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 that 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.
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 when
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 the 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 Theory,
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, then 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 laws. 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 the 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 that in the capital poor country.
C） the capital rich country will charge more for the capital intensive good than the price paid by the 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 relatively 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
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