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Zorluk: OrtaTheories of International Trade (Absolute and Comparative Advantage)

Match each theory or concept of international trade on the left with its corresponding principle or theoretical foundation on the right.

  • Theory of Absolute AdvantagePioneered by Adam Smith; asserts a country should export goods it produces at lower total resource input than another country.
  • Theory of Comparative AdvantageFormulated by David Ricardo; demonstrates trade is beneficial when a nation specializes in goods with lower relative opportunity cost.
  • Opportunity Cost Approach to TradeIntroduced by Gottfried Haberler; reformulates classical trade theory using Production Possibility Curves rather than labor units alone.
  • Limits of Mutually Beneficial Terms of TradeBounded strictly between the internal exchange ratios (opportunity cost ratios) of the two trading nations.

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Theory of Absolute Advantage matches with Adam Smith's principle of lower total resource input; Theory of Comparative Advantage matches with David Ricardo's relative opportunity cost model; Opportunity Cost Approach matches with Gottfried Haberler's PPC reformulation; Limits of Mutually Beneficial Terms of Trade matches with the range bounded by domestic opportunity cost ratios.
Each trade theory is paired correctly with its seminal economist and core principle: Adam Smith with absolute resource efficiency, David Ricardo with relative opportunity cost, Gottfried Haberler with the PPC opportunity cost reformulation, and terms of trade bounds with internal domestic ratio limits.

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1
Identify the primary author and principle behind classical absolute advantage.
Adam Smith proposed absolute advantage based on producing more output per unit of resource.
This establishes the historical foundation of free trade theory based on absolute cost superiority.
2
Differentiate Ricardian comparative advantage from absolute advantage.
David Ricardo showed that relative opportunity cost determines specialization and trade gains.
Even if one country has an absolute advantage in all goods, trade remains beneficial based on relative cost differences.
3
Associate the opportunity cost refinement with its proponent.
Gottfried Haberler substituted the rigid labor theory of value with opportunity cost concepts.
This allowed trade theory to account for multiple factors of production using marginal analysis.
4
Determine the conditions for equilibrium terms of trade.
The terms of trade must lie between the domestic cost ratios of both trading partners.
If terms of trade fall outside these bounds, at least one nation would be worse off trading than remaining self-sufficient.

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Foundational Theories and Principles of International Trade
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