Tom takes 20 minutes to cook an egg and 5 minutes to make a sandwich. Jerry takes 15 minutes to cook an egg and 3 minutes to make a sandwich. Both individuals will be better off if
A) Tom trades sandwiches in exchange for eggs.
B) Jerry trades sandwiches in exchange for eggs.
C) they trade, no matter who trades sandwiches and who eggs.
D) they don't trade.
B
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When a government allows raw materials and other intermediate products to enter a country duty free, this generally results in a(an)
A) effective tariff rate less than the nominal tariff rate. B) nominal tariff rate less than the effective tariff rate. C) rise in both nominal and effective tariff rates. D) fall in both nominal and effective tariff rates. E) rise in only the effective tariff rate.
Mary decreases her consumption of Good X after the price of Good Y decreased. For Mary
A) Good X and Good Y are substitutes. B) Good X and Good Y are complements. C) Good X is an inferior good. D) Good Y is an inferior good.