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    1- Describe Adam Smith’s concept of absolute advantage and David Ricardo’s concept of Comparative Advantages. Are those concepts still useful in the 21st century’s Business environment? The concept of absolute advantage is the ability of a country to use less resources (inputs) to produce goods/products than any other country. For Smith‚ a country should specialize in the production of the product for which it has an absolute advantage and should buy at lower price others goods from other countries

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    What is the difference between competitive advantage and comparative advantage? Answer: An advantage that a firm has over its competitors‚ that differentiates the Product or services offered by the firm and allows the firm to reduce it’s Cost or generate Higher Revenue or Margin is known as Competitive Advantage. A competitive advantage is something that a consumer views in a product or service as having higher value than the other competitors of the firm in the industry. It is an expertise that

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    the idea of comparative advantage provide a good explanation of current patterns of international trade? For the last two centuries the international trade evolved a lot and many economists tried to explain it. One of the first theories that attempted to explain the international trade pattern was the Absolute advantage theory. A.Smith was a great economist; he is the one who created this theory. For A. Smith countries should specialize in products in which they have an absolute advantage. It was a

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    Final Exam Practice Questions Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Assume that Greece has a comparative advantage in fish and Germany has a comparative advantage in cars. Also assume that Germany has an absolute advantage in both fish and cars. If these two countries specialize and trade so as to maximize the benefits of specialization and trade‚ then |a. |the two countries’ combined output of both goods will be higher than

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    with less developed countries where these goods are produced for a higher price. This is striking but this comes out from the theory of “relative advantage”. The absolute advantage is the fact that one country (named A) is more efficient and productive than another country (named B) in the production of all goods. It is said that A has an absolute advantage on B. When these two countries have different relative efficiencies‚ they can make profit from trading with each other. For instance‚ if B can

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    Theory of Comparative Advantage Historically‚ nations have been trading with each other for hundreds of years for profit or because they do not have enough resources (land‚ labor and capital) to satisfy all the needs of consumers. For example‚ Japan has a highly skilled labor force that use technologically advanced equipment to produce cars and electrical equipment; however it does not have its own oil fields. Saudi Arabia has large supplies of oil‚ but lacks the built capital to produce cars

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    Theory of Absolute Cost Advantage MERCANTILISTS’ VERSION Mercantilism stretched over nearly three centuries‚ ending in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. It was the period when the nation-states were consolidating in Europe. For the purpose of consolidation‚ they required gold that could best be accumulated through trade surplus. In order to achieved trade surplus‚ their governments monopolized trade activities‚ provided subsidies and other incentives for export‚ and restricted imports

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    of comparative advantage: The theory provides a basis for explaining and justifying international trade in a model world assumed to enjoy free trade‚ perfect competition‚ no uncertainty‚ costless information‚ and no government interference. 5. Limitations of comparative advantage: a. Countries do not appear to specialize only on those products that could be most efficiently produced by that country’s particular factors of production. b. Governments interfere with comparative advantage for

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    Fantasy Football In the “Fantasy Football” article Isaac Morehouse explains opportunity cost and comparative advantage by providing an illustration into everyday life. He provides the example of the fantasy football commissioner’s veto to economics in everyday life. He explain how sometimes you need to think “outside of the box” if you will. I would assign this essay a solid B. I feel this article deserves a B because it is a good example for me to relate to however‚ if you don’t understand anything

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    ECO2023 DAVID RICARDO & THE COMARATIVE AND ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE   David Ricardo was one of those rare people who achieved both tremendous success and lasting fame. After his family disinherited him for marrying outside his Jewish faith‚ Ricardo made a fortune as a stockbroker and loan broker. When he died‚ his estate was worth more than $100 million in today’s dollars. At age twenty-seven‚ after reading Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations‚ Ricardo got excited about economics. He wrote his first

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