Comparative advantage has mixed results when it comes to predicting a country's trade patterns. Which of the following is FALSE?
A) There are many potential products an economy might export that use the same comparative advantage.
B) A large share of international trade is not based on comparative advantage.
C) Comparative advantage has proven completely incapable of predicting trade.
D) Comparative advantage is a dynamic concept, which means that the spread of technology, improvement in skills, and learning-by-doing may alter a country's comparative advantage over time.
C
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In comparing the changes in actual budget surplus and the structural surplus between 1993 and 1999, it is clear that the
a. actual surplus rose less than the structural surplus. b. actual surplus and the structural surplus rose about the same. c. actual surplus rose much more than the structural surplus. d. tax increases of 1993 decreased the structural surplus more than they decreased the actual surplus.
What would happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of lattés if the cost to produce steamed milk, which is used to make lattés, increased, and scientists discovered that lattés cause heart attacks?
a. Both the equilibrium price and quantity would increase. b. Both the equilibrium price and quantity would decrease. c. The equilibrium price would decrease, and the effect on equilibrium quantity would be ambiguous. d. The equilibrium quantity would decrease, and the effect on equilibrium price would be ambiguous.