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0 marksInternational Economics › Theories of international trade › The Rybczynski theorem, specific factors and immiserising growthHardabout 2 min

JNU SIS 2021 Question 39: Theories of international trade

A country uses capital and labour to produce two commodities, motorcycles and bread, where the production of motorcycles is capital-intensive and bread is labour-intensive at any factor price. Then under the assumption of constant returns to scale and full employment, an increase in the supply of labour at constant commodity prices will lead to
A. An absolute increase in the production of motorcycles
B. An absolute increase in the production of bread
C. An absolute decrease in the production of motorcycles
D. An absolute decrease in the production of bread In light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below

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This question is on The Rybczynski theorem, specific factors and immiserising growth, part of Theories of international trade in International Economics.

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