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chapter 8 vocab
international trade, chapter 8 micro
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Economics
Undergraduate 2
03/10/2010

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Imports
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Goods and service purchased from other countires are imports.
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exports
Definition
Goods and services sold to other countries are exports
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Globilization
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Is the phenomenon of growing economic linkages among countries.
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The ricardian model of international trade
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analyzes international trade under the assumption that opprotunity costs are constant.
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Autarky
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Is a situation in which a country does not trade with other countries.
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Factor intensity
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The Factor intensity of a good is a measure of which factor is used in realativity greater quantities than other factors in production .
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Heckscher-Ohlin model
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a country has a comparative adavantage in a good whose production is intensive in the factors that are abundantly available in that country.
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Domestic demand curve
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shows how the quantity of a good demanded by domestic consumers depends on the price of that good.
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Domestic supply curve
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The domestic suppy curve shoes how the quantity of a good supplied by the domestic producers depends on the price of that good.
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World price
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The world price of a good is the price at which that good can be bought or sold abroad.
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