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Subject - Economics:

Microeconomics

MCQ - 6-4016

Question:

The United States is trading salmon to Peru in exchange for anchovies. If these nations are trading based upon relative opportunity costs, what must be the case?

  1. The United States has comparative advantage in anchovy production, and Peru has comparative advantage in salmon production.
  2. The United States has comparative advantage in salmon production, and Peru has comparative advantage in anchovy production.
  3. The United States has absolute advantage in anchovy production, and Peru has absolute advantage in salmon production.
  4. The United States has comparative advantage in salmon production, and Peru has comparative advantage in anchovy production.
  5. The United States has comparative advantage in salmon production, and Peru has absolute advantage in anchovy production.

Correct Answer: B

Explanation:

Trading nations specialize in the good in which they have lower opportunity costs. A nation trades this good to the other in exchange for the good for which it does not have comparative advantage.

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