Chapter 2 IE

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autarky
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a case of national self-sufficiency or absence of trade
basis for trade
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basis for trade why nations export and import certain products
commodity terms of trade
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measures the relationship between the prices a nation gets for its exports and the prices it pays for its imports
community indifference curve
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the indifference curve that represents the tastes and preferences of all of the households of a nation
complete specialization
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a situation in which a country produces only one good
constant opportunity costs a constant rate of sacrifice of one good for another as a nation slides along its production possibilities schedule
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a constant rate of sacrifice of one good for another as a nation slides along its production possibilities schedule
consumption gains
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posttrade consumption points outside a nation’s production possibilities schedule
dynamic gains from international trade
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the effect of trade on the country’s growth rate and thus on the volume of additional resources made available to, or utilized by, the trading country
exit barriers
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cost conditions that make lengthy industry exit a rational response by companies
free trade
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a system of open markets between countries in which nations concentrate their production on goods they can make most cheaply, with all the consequent benefits of the division of labor
gains from international trade
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gains trading partners simultaneously enjoy due to specialization and the division of labor
importance of being unimportant
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when one trading nation is significantly larger than the other, the larger nation attains fewer gains from trade while the smaller nation attains most of the gains from trade
increasing opportunity costs
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when each additional unit of one good produced requires the sacrifice of increasing amounts of the other good
indifference curve
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a curve depicting the various combinations of two commodities that are equally preferred in the eyes of the consumer
labor theory of value
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the cost or price of a good depends exclusively on the amount of labor required to produce it
marginal rate of transformation (MRT)
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the slope of the production possibilities schedule that shows the amount of one product a nation must sacrifice to get one additional unit of the other product
mercantilists
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an advocate or practitioner of mercantilism; a national economic system in which a nation could regulate its domestic and international affairs so as to promote its own interests through a strong foreign-trade sector
no-trade boundary
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the terms-of-trade limit at which a country will cease to export a good
outer limits for the equilibrium terms of trade
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defined by the domestic cost ratios of trading nations
partial specialization
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partial specialization when a country specializes only partially in the production of the good in which it has a comparative advantage
price-specie-flow doctrine
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David Hume’s theory that a favorable trade balance was possible only in the short run, and that over time, it would automatically be eliminated via changes in product prices
principle of absolute advantage
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in a two-nation, two-product world, international specialization and trade will be beneficial when one nation has an absolute cost advantage in one good and the other nation has an absolute cost advantage in the other good
principle of comparative advantage
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ability to produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than others can produce it
production gains
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increases in production resulting from specialization in the product of comparative advantage
production possibilities schedule
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a schedule that shows various alternative combinations of two goods that a nation can produce when all of its factor inputs are used in their most efficient manner
region of mutually beneficial trade
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the area that is bounded by the cost ratios of the two trading countries
terms of trade
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the relative prices at which two products are traded in the marketplace
theory of reciprocical demand
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relative demand conditions determine what the actual terms of trade will be within the outer limits of the terms of trade
trade triangle
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an area in a production possibilities diagram showing a country’s exports, imports, and equilibrium terms of trade
trading possibilities line
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a line in a production possibilities diagram representing the equilibrium terms-of-trade ratio

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