Questions to self-checking:
- Describe the main stages of trade theory evolution;
- Explain the principle of absolute advantage. Give an example.
- Explain the principle of comparative advantage. Give an example.
- What are opportunity costs? Link it with comparative advantage.
- Distinguish the main differences between general and partial equilibrium.
- What are the main assumptions of Heckscher-Ohlin model?
- What is the essence of Heckscher-Ohlin theorem?
- What is the essence of Leontief’s paradox?
- What is marginal rate of substitution? Give an example.
- What is marginal product. Give an example of MP.