Test Bank for International Finance: Theory and Policy, 11th Edition
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International Economics: Theory and Policy, 11e (Krugman et al.)
Chapter 2 World Trade: An Overview
2.1 Who Trades with Whom?
1) Approximately what percent of all world production of goods and services is exported to other
countries?
A) 10%
B) 30%
C) 50%
D) 100%
E) 90%
Answer: B
Page Ref: 10
Difficulty: Easy
2) The gravity model offers a logical explanation for the fact that
A) trade between Asia and the U.S. has grown faster than NAFTA trade.
B) trade in services has grown faster than trade in goods.
C) trade in manufactures has grown faster than in agricultural products.
D) Intra-European Union trade exceeds international trade by the European Union.
E) the U.S. trades more with Western Europe than it does with Canada.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 11-15
Difficulty: Moderate
3) The gravity model suggests that over time
A) trade between neighboring countries will increase.
B) trade between all countries will increase.
C) world trade will eventually be swallowed by a black hole.
D) trade between Earth and other planets will become important.
E) the value of trade between two countries will be proportional to the product of the two
countries’ GDP.
Answer: E
Page Ref: 12
Difficulty: Easy
4) The gravity model explains why
A) trade between Sweden and Germany exceeds that between Sweden and Spain.
B) countries with oil reserves tend to export oil.
C) capital rich countries export capital intensive products.
D) intra-industry trade is relatively more important than other forms of trade between
neighboring countries.
E) European countries rely most often on natural resources.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 11-15
Difficulty: Moderate
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5) According to the gravity model, a characteristic that tends to affect the probability of trade
existing between any two countries is
A) their cultural affinity.
B) the average weight/value of their traded goods.
C) their colonial-historical ties.
D) the distance between them.
E) the number of different product varieties produced by their industries.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 12
Difficulty: Easy
6) In general, which of the following do NOT tend to increase trade between two countries?
A) linguistic and/or cultural affinity
B) historical ties
C) larger economies
D) mutual membership in preferential trade agreements
E) the existence of well controlled borders between countries
Answer: E
Page Ref: 14-16
Difficulty: Moderate
7) Why does the gravity model work?
A) Large economies became large because they were engaged in international trade.
B) Large economies have relatively large incomes, and hence spend more on government
promotion of trade and investment.
C) Large economies have relatively larger areas, which raises the probability that a productive
activity will take place within the borders of that country.
D) Large economies tend to have large incomes and tend to spend more on imports.
E) Large economies tend to avoid trading with small economies.
Answer: D
Page Ref: 13
Difficulty: Easy
8) We see that the Netherlands, Belgium, and Ireland trade considerably more with the United
States than with many other countries.
A) This is explained by the gravity model, since these are all large countries.
B) This is explained by the gravity model, since these are all small countries.
C) This fails to be consistent with the gravity model, since these are small countries.
D) This fails to be consistent with the gravity model, since these are large countries.
E) This is explained by the gravity model, since they do not share borders.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 13
Difficulty: Easy
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9) The two neighbors of the United States do a lot more trade with the United States than
European economies of equal size.
A) This contradicts predictions from gravity models.
B) This is consistent with predictions from gravity models.
C) This is irrelevant to any inferences that may be drawn from gravity models.
D) This is because these neighboring countries have exceptionally large GDPs.
E) This relates to Belgium’s trade record with the U.S.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 14-15
Difficulty: Moderate
10) Which of the following does NOT explain the extent of trade between Ireland and the U.S.?
A) historical ties
B) cultural Linguistic ties
C) Gravity Model
D) multinational corporations
E) large numbers of Irish-Americans
Answer: C
Page Ref: 13
Difficulty: Moderate
2.2 The Changing Pattern of World Trade
1) Since the early 1970s, world’s trade as a share of world production has
A) remained constant.
B) increased.
C) decreased.
D) fluctuated widely with no clear trend.
E) increased slightly before dropping off.
Answer: B
Page Ref: 18
Difficulty: Easy
2) In the current Post-Industrial economy, international trade in services (including banking and
financial services)
A) dominates world trade.
B) does not exist.
C) is an increasingly important component of global trade.
D) is relatively stagnant.
E) far surpasses the predictions of economist Alan Blinder.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 20-21-22
Difficulty: Easy
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3) In the early 20th century, the United Kingdom exported mainly
A) manufactured goods.
B) services.
C) primary products including agricultural.
D) technology intensive products.
E) livestock.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 19
Difficulty: Easy
4) In the early 20th century, the United Kingdom imported mainly
A) manufactured goods.
B) services.
C) primary products including agricultural.
D) technology intensive products.
E) from the United States.
Answer: C
Page Ref: 19
Difficulty: Easy
5) In the present, most of the exports from China are
A) manufactured goods.
B) services.
C) primary products including agricultural.
D) technology intensive products.
E) overpriced by world market standards.
Answer: A
Page Ref: 19
Difficulty: Easy
6) When comparing the composition of world trade in the early 20th century to the early 21st
century, we find major compositional changes. These include a relative decline in trade in
agricultural and primary-products (including raw materials). How would you explain this in
terms of broad historical developments during this period?
Answer: The typical composition of world production during this period experienced major
changes. Focusing on today’s Industrialized Countries (primarily members of the OECD), the
industrial-employment composition was focused primarily on agriculture. Most value was in
land. The predominant single consumption category was food. Since then, the economies shifted
from the agricultural to the manufacturing sectors (continuing trends begun over a century earlier
in the industrial revolution). Incomes rose, and consumption shifted in favor of (increasingly
affordable) manufactures. Both income and price elasticities were greater in manufactures than
in agricultural products. At the same time there was a steady tendency for synthetic
(manufactured) inputs to replace agricultural based raw materials and industrial inputs. Hence,
trade and, of course, international trade conformed to overall changes in patterns of world
production and consumption.
Page Ref: 18-21
Difficulty: Moderate
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7) In the past half century, the developing countries have experienced major compositional shifts
from exports of primary products (including agricultural and raw materials) to exports of
manufactures. How might you explain this in terms of broad historical developments during this
period?
Answer: Any discussion of the export experience of the developing countries must first clarify
the problem of definitional inclusion. In particular, the exports of the (non-OECD) developing
countries, has become increasingly dominated by the experience of a relatively small number of
countries in South-East Asia, termed the New Industrialized Countries (NICs). Since they
experienced both very rapid increases in their exports, and very rapid increases in the
manufactured component of their exports, their experience alone may explain the bulk of the
observed phenomenon. Many would exclude the NICs from the developing country category so
as to be able to focus the discussion on a more representative sample of (the over 100)
developing countries. More recently, a second wave of East Asian countries, notably including
China have replicated the experience of the NICs, and this again muddies the water for one
interested in focusing on the export experience of the increasingly heterogeneous category,
developing countries. Another explanation of the growing dependence on manufactured exports
on the part of the developing countries is the following: Since the consumer ( including
industrial consumer) markets in OECD countries were rapidly shifting away from primary
products, these markets were rapidly disappearing.
In addition, the world market for primary products was generally limited by low price and
especially income elasticities; agricultural sectors tended to be highly and rigidly protected in
potential OECD markets; and escalating effective tariff structures levied systematically large
levels of protection against the primary exports of the developing countries; export success had
to be pursued outside of the traditional primary exports of these countries.
Page Ref: 18-21
Difficulty: Difficult
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2.3 Do Old Rules Still Apply?
1) The Services sector has been steadily rising in relative importance in GDP of the United
States, as well as elsewhere around the world. Since “services” have been identified as “nontradable” (e.g., it is difficult to export haircuts), it may be argued that this trend will likely slow
the rapid growth in international trade. Discuss.
Answer: This argument stands on questionable logical foundations. The past half century has
seen a steady growth in the absolute and relative importance of international trade. This trend has
been reversed only by global conflicts, i.e. the two World Wars. This trend has remained steady
and robust despite major compositional shifts (e.g., from primary to manufacturing), and location
shifts (e.g., the sudden rise of NICs as a significant group of exporters). The trend will probably
continue into the reasonable future, fueled by both super-regional preferential trade regions and a
growing impact of the multilateral forces, represented institutionally by the World Trade
Organization (WTO)โas illustrated by the recent abolishment of the epitome cartelized trade,
the world trade in textiles. Driven by technologyโespecially in the areas of communication and
transportationโa reversal of the growing trade trend is not likely in the near future. In any case,
many “services” are in fact quite tradable. Examples would be financial services, long-distance
teaching, “help-desk” outsourcing, consulting and management services and others. In fact, when
a tourist gets a haircut, we see that even haircuts become a “tradable” service.
Page Ref: 19-21
Difficulty: Difficult
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