When one producer has a lower opportunity cost of production than another producer for a given item, what exists?
A: Absolute disadvantage
B: Comparative disadvantage
C: Comparative advantage
D: Absolute advantage
A: Absolute disadvantage
B: Comparative disadvantage
C: Comparative advantage
D: Absolute advantage
举一反三
- Suppose Jim and Tom can both produce baseball bats. If Jim’s opportunity cost of producing baseball bats is lower than Tom’s opportunity cost of producing baseball bats, then A: Tom must have an absolute advantage in the production of baseball bats. B: Jim must have an absolute advantage in the production of baseball bats. C: Tom has a comparative advantage in the production of baseball bats. D: Jim has a comparative advantage in the production of baseball bats.
- When a nation requires fewer resources than another nation to produce a product, the nation is said to have a(n): A: Absolute advantage in the production of the product B: Comparative advantage in the production of the product C: Lower marginal rate of transformation for the product D: Lower opportunity cost of producing the product
- _______explains how mutually beneficial trade can take place even when one nation is less efficient than another nation in the production of all commodities.（ ） A: Mercantilism B: The law of comparative advantage C: The labor theory of value D: The law of absolute advantage
- 2. _____________refined the theory of absolute advantage to one of comparative advantage.
- If a Chinese worker can produce1 ton of wheator3 tons of cornper week, while a Brizilian worker can produce2 tons ofwheator5 tons of cornper week: A: Brizil has absolute advantage in both goods. B: Brazil has comparative advantage in corn and China has comparative in wheat. C: Brazil has comparative advantage in wheat and China has comparative in corn. D: Chinahas absolute advantage in corn.