Answer:
D) AIG
Explanation:
We went back in time to 2008 and we are in the middle of the subprime mortgage crisis. This is an example of how mortgage backed securities and collateralized debt obligations worked.
The problem with this scenario is that in order for every company involved to be able to make a profit, the mortgages' interest rates skyrocketed which made it harder for families to pay back their loans. This eventually made the families lose their houses and that was the end to the housing bubble and the whole economy collapsed.
Answer: GNP; GDP
Explanation:
<em>The value of what a Canadian-owned Tim Hortons produces in South Korea is included in the Canadian </em><em><u>GNP </u></em><em>and the South Korean </em><em><u>GDP</u></em><em>. </em>
Gross National Product refers to the total amount of domestic production and foreign production that can be attributed to the residents of a nation.
This means that GNP includes the GDP and income earned by residents of the country in other countries but less the income earned by foreigners in the country. For Canada therefore, the value of goods produced by the Canadian company in South Korea will be added to the GNP.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on the other hand is simply the total final value of goods and services produced in a country regardless of if it was foreigners or residents doing the production. The value of what a Canadian-owned Tim Hortons produces in South Korea is therefore included in South Korea's GDP.
Answer:
D. All the Above
Explanation:
A. Lead to greater productivity
This is true because through specialization and competitive advantages you can achieve greater productivity in the production of goods and services. If you have a competitive advantage, it is because you have more capital, infrastructure and specialized human capital in the production of a specific type of good or service so that a greater amount of that good can be produced than another country in the same time.
B. Lead to greater output even if you can do everything better than someone else.
This is true since although a country has a competitive advantage in all industries, concentrating its labor and capital in the production of the good or service in which it has the greatest competitive advantage will allow a higher level of production in that sole good/service than if he divided his resources into the production of other goods and services.
C. Lead to international trade and overall gains for the nations involved.
This point, despite being true, is debatable. In theory, international trade allows to reach greater levels of wealth to the countries involved by being able to exchange the goods in which they have competitive advantage for others that if they were produced in the country they would consume part of their resources by not having such high productivity as if it will trade with a country that does have the capacity to produce it.
Having this clear, we can say that all of the above are true, so the answer is D.
