Questions from General Economics


Q: If rich countries stand to gain substantially from freer trade, why

If rich countries stand to gain substantially from freer trade, why have they been so reluctant to reduce the levels of protection for agriculture?

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Q: Why is it difficult to estimate the magnitude of the benefits of

Why is it difficult to estimate the magnitude of the benefits of completing the internal market of the EU?

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Q: Look through the costs and benefits that we identified from the single

Look through the costs and benefits that we identified from the single European market. Do the same costs and benefits arise from a substantially enlarged EU?

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Q: Refer to the list of determinants of supply (see pages 000

Refer to the list of determinants of supply (see pages 000). For what reasons might (a) the supply of potatoes fall; (b) the supply of leather rise?

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Q: How did the financial crisis of 2008/9 and the subsequent

How did the financial crisis of 2008/9 and the subsequent economic downturn affect the costs and benefits of the latest EU enlargement?

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Q: Why doesn’t the USA specialise as much as General Motors or Texaco

Why doesn’t the USA specialise as much as General Motors or Texaco? Why doesn’t the UK specialise as much as Unilever? Is the answer to these questions similar to the answer to the questions, ‘Why doe...

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Q: The following are four items that are traded internationally: wheat;

The following are four items that are traded internationally: wheat; computers; textiles; insurance. In which one of the four is each of the following most likely to have a comparative advantage: Indi...

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Q: Does the consumer in the importing country gain or lose from dumping

Does the consumer in the importing country gain or lose from dumping? (Consider both the short run and the long run.)

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Q: What is fallacious about the following two arguments? Is there any

What is fallacious about the following two arguments? Is there any truth in either? (a) ‘Imports should be reduced because money is going abroad which would be better spent at home.’ (b) ‘We shoul...

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Q: Go through each of the arguments for restricting trade and provide a

Go through each of the arguments for restricting trade and provide a counter-argument for not restricting trade.

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