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Concepts
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Formulas
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Decisions
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Quiz Questions
5 concepts covered in this module.
A country should produce goods where its opportunity cost is lowest. Even if one country is better at everything, both benefit from trade.
Ability to produce a good using fewer resources. Less important than comparative advantage for determining trade patterns.
Tariffs (taxes on imports), quotas (quantity limits), export subsidies, voluntary restraints. All reduce efficiency.
Higher domestic price, lower imports, domestic producers gain, consumers lose, government gains revenue, net deadweight loss.
Free trade areas, customs unions, common markets, economic unions. Progressive levels of economic integration.
1 essential formulas for this module.
Where: Improvement if ToT rises (exports become more valuable relative to imports)
1 decision frameworks to guide your analysis.
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