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Global
Test 2
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Business
Undergraduate 3
02/05/2013

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The aggregation of importing and exporting by both sides leads to a:
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Both a balance of trade and a trade surplus or deficit
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What determines the success and failure of a firm's exports around the globe?
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All of these answers
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As a major tariff barrier, a(n) ____ is a tax imposed on imports.
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Import tariff
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Which of the following is a classical theory?
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Absolute advantage
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A policy to assist strategic advantage is known as
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Strategic trade policy
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Widely practiced during the 1600s and 1700s, ____ viewed international trade as a zero-sum game.
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the theory of mercantilism
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The idea that governments should actively protect domestic industries from imports and vigorously promote exports represents
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Protectionism
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The factor endowment theory is identified as
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Proposition that nations will develop comparative advantage based on their locally abundant factors
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Factor endowments, which refer to the natural and human resource repertoires, were noted by:
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Heckscher-Ohlin
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The birth of modern economics and the forerunner of the free trade movement are strengths and influences of
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Absolute advantage
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A type of FDI in which firms move upstream or downstream in different value chain stages in a host county is identified as
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Vertical FDI
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The share of FDI-based value added of foreign affiliates of MNEs in world GDP
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Rose from 7% in 1990 to 11% in 2010
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MNEs' possession and leveraging of certain valuable, rare, hard-to-imitate, and organizationally embedded (VRIO) assets overseas in the context of FDI refer to
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Term
Costs of FDI to home countries primarily center on
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Capital and job loss
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What is a sovereign wealth fund
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A state-owned investment fund funded by foreign exchange assets
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Since the 1980s, countries such as Brazil, China, Hungary, India, Ireland, and Russia have adopted
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FDI-friendly policies
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When entering foreign markets, basic entry choices include
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Exporting, licensing, and FDI
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When one firm enters a foreign country through FDI, its rivals are likely to follow by undertaking additional FDI in a host country to
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Acquire location advantages or neutralize the first mover’s location advantages
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____ suggests that FDI, unrestricted by government intervention, will enable countries to tap into their absolute or comparative advantage by specializing in the production of certain goods or services
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The Free Market View
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A political view that approves FDI only when its benefit outweighs its costs is known as
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Pragmatic Nationalism
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What is the "law of one price," where the price for identical products in different countries should be the same if trade barriers are absent
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Purchasing power parity
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____ is an international organization that was established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements
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international Monetaery Fund
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Which of the following is NOT an advantage of a strong US dollar
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US firms in import-competing industries face more low-cost imports
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Traders and investors trading in a forward transactions market are most concerned about
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Change in the spot rate
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Which of the following is best defined by "the conversion of one currency into another at Time 1, with an agreement to revert it back to the original currency at a specific Time 2 in the future
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Currency Swap
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three primary activities of the International Monetary Fund
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Pegging exchange rates
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Why was the US dollar chosen as the currency to which other currencies would be pegged
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All odf these answers
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If a country's interest rate is high relative to other countries, the country will
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Attract foregin funds
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If central bankers raise interest rates to curb inflation, they risk driving currency ____. If their interventions in the foreign exchange market drive the currency ____, they may boost inflation
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Up, down
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What measure did worried Latin American governments take to restrain the value of their currencies
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All of the above
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Efforts to reduce trade and investment barriers within one region refer to
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Regional economics integration
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Countries benefit from global economic integration politically and economically. Which of the following is an example of a political benefit
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Promoting peace by promoting trade and investment
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The most (in)famous loophole in merchandise trade created through GATT was
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== MFA
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What is the main reason the US, Canada, and Australia decided to join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC
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== No one wants to be left out of the most dynamic region in the world
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Which does “ASEAN” stand for
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= Association of Southeast Asian Nations
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Which of the following regional integrations is more pro-free trade oriented than others
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== Andean Community
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Which of the following best describes the European Union
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== Pooling of sovereignty into a single, integrated entity
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Which of the following is an example of a customs union
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== Mercosur (Eastern South America)
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Which of the following is NOT an economic benefit of global economic integration .
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== Building confidence in a multilateral trading system
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Which of the NAFTA members benefited the most from this free trade agreement by securing preferential treatment for 80% of its exports
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= Mexico
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