ECON1089: International Trade Assignment, RMIT, Singapore If Commonwealth Bank, an Australian Bank, borrows short-term funds from the United States Government

QUESTION 1. 

If Commonwealth Bank, an Australian Bank, borrows short-term funds from the United States Government, then
from the United States point of view, this would be called:
(a) Inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
(b) Inward Portfolio Investment.
(c) Outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).
(d) Outward Portfolio Investment.

QUESTION 2.

Consider a standard Heckscher-Ohlin model with two countries: Germany is capital-abundant; Malaysia is labor abundant. Each country uses labor and capital to produce two goods: Good 1 is labor-intensive and Good 2 is
capital-intensive. Under free trade, the world relative price of Good 2 will be:(a) Lower than the relative price of Good 2 under autarky in Malaysia.

(b) Lower than the relative price of Good 2 under autarky in Germany.
(c) Lower than the autarky relative price of Good 2 in both countries.
(d) Higher than the autarky relative price of Good 2 in both countries.

QUESTION 3.

If Indonesia (which is a small country) imposes an import tariff on textile imports, we can conclude that:
(a) The world price of textile rises, and Indonesia imports less.
(b) The world price of textile stays constant, and Indonesia imports less.
(c) The world price of textile falls, and Indonesia imports less.
(d) The world price of textile stays constant, and Indonesia imports the same as before.

QUESTION 4.

Which of the following, based on their industrial policy, did not experience a significant growth rate during The 1960s, 1970s, and the 1980s?

(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Singapore.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Both Hong Kong and Singapore.

QUESTION 5.

The approach by Borjas (2003) to evaluating the effects of immigration ignores:

(a) Cross-wage effects.
(b) Real-wage effects.
(c) Efficiency-wage effects.
(d) Own-wage effects.

The post ECON1089: International Trade Assignment, RMIT, Singapore If Commonwealth Bank, an Australian Bank, borrows short-term funds from the United States Government appeared first on My Assignment Help SG.