Economics of Development 7th Edition By Dwight H. Perkins - Test Bank

Economics of Development 7th Edition By Dwight H. Perkins – Test Bank

 

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Chapter 5 : States and Markets

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

1. After David Ricardo and Karl Marx, economists shifted to trying to understand how markets worked, and economic growth was:

a.	taken for granted.
b.	taken to a higher level of research.
c.	suppressed as an area of research, as a reaction to the writings of Marx and Engels.
d.	assumed to have already been achieved by all nations in the world of that day.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   129                TOP:   States and Markets

MSC:  Factual

 

2. Since the end of World War II, the debate in economic development has been organized around:

a.	suppressing worldwide communist revolution.
b.	a revival of the insights offered by John Stuart Mill.
c.	the proper role of government in development.
d.	creating a multipolar world.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   129                TOP:   States and Markets

MSC:  Factual

 

3. The Harrod-Domar model placed investment and capital at the center of:

a.	exploitation of the masses.
b.	economic growth.
c.	enhancing a nation’s status among the community of nations.
d.	the tariff and quota debate.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Medium         REF:   130

TOP:   Development Thinking After World War II                       MSC:  Factual

 

4. In the 1960s, which economist developed the theory of the “two-model gap,” proposing that there was not just a savings gap but also a foreign exchange gap and that the latter was the major constraint on development?

a.	John Maynard Keynes	c.	Vinay Bhargava
b.	Milton Friedman	d.	Hollis Chenery

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Medium         REF:   130

TOP:   Development Thinking After World War II                       MSC:  Factual

 

5. It is argued that the Marshall plan succeeded in rebuilding war-torn nations after World War II due to:

a.	the people’s knowledge and understanding of the role of government and government-created institutions.
b.	the directives laid out within the plan by Marshall and Truman.
c.	a desire to pursue corporatism an a new economic model.
d.	the influence of the Protestant work-ethic, as described by Max Weber.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Medium         REF:   130

TOP:   Development Thinking After World War II                       MSC:  Conceptual

 

6. Although aid to post-World War II nations was successful in helping them rebuild, similar aid to less-developed nations failed to produce the same results because:

a.	miscalculations of aid were based on per capita income in each nation.
b.	critical institutions within these governments were missing.
c.	countries refused to play by “the rules of the game.”
d.	of the problem of asymmetric information.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Medium         REF:   130

TOP:   Development Thinking After World War II                       MSC:  Conceptual

 

7. After World War II, many leaders of former British colonies, who had been educated at British universities, espoused:

a.	strong monarchical views.	c.	Fabian socialist views.
b.	Keynesian economic doctrines.	d.	Peronist economic and leadership values.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   130

TOP:   Development Thinking After World War II                       MSC:  Factual

 

8. The Soviet Union was attractive to developing countries because:

a.	it was very effective at producing and supplying consumer goods.
b.	it had transformed a backward economy into an industrial powerhouse that defeated the strongest military in the world—Nazi Germany.
c.	Lenin’s Capitalism, the Highest Stage of Imperialism was a best-seller in their nations.
d.	the people were fascinated with the idea of becoming technocrats.

 

 

ANS:  B                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   130

TOP:   Development Thinking After World War II                       MSC:  Factual

 

9. During the 1950s, all of the following countries were inspired by the Soviet model of development EXCEPT for:

a.	China.	c.	Ghana.
b.	India.	d.	Burma.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   130

TOP:   Development Thinking After World War II                       MSC:  Factual

 

10. Raul Prebisch, based at the Economic Commission for Latin America and Hans Singer, based at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, both provided the intellectual rationale for:

a.	import substituting industrialization.
b.	the rapid development of the service sector industry.
c.	free trade.
d.	liberation theology.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Medium         REF:   130

TOP:   Development Thinking After World War II                       MSC:  Factual

 

11. One of the criticisms of the growth policies of the 1960s was that too much attention was paid to the growth rate of GDP and not enough attention was paid to:

a.	the foreign exchange rate.
b.	monetary and fiscal policies.
c.	how the benefits of growth were distributed.
d.	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   137

TOP:   Fundamental Changes in the 1970s and 1980s                   MSC:  Factual

 

12. East Asia’s “four tigers” (Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan) all achieved rapid industrial growth by:

a.	eliminating virtually all government interventions.
b.	heavily subsidizing exports, while prohibiting competing imports.
c.	imposing effective central planning.
d.	fostering a development strategy based on export of manufactures.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   137

TOP:   Fundamental Changes in the 1970s and 1980s                   MSC:  Factual

 

13. The international organization responsible for helping developing countries design and finance structural adjustment programs with the aim of becoming more market-based is the:

a.	World Bank.
b.	Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
c.	United Nations.
d.	International Monetary Fund.

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   144

TOP:   Structural Adjustment, the Washington Consensus, and the End of the Soviet Model

MSC:  Factual

 

14. Structural adjustment programs are designed to:

a.	promote the growth of industry rather than agriculture.
b.	assure that scarce foreign exchange is rationed in accordance with a five-year plan.
c.	dismantle controls that interfere with market allocation and efficiency.
d.	stop inflation.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Medium         REF:   144

TOP:   Structural Adjustment, the Washington Consensus, and the End of the Soviet Model

MSC:  Factual

 

15. Compared to the situation in a competitive market, in a monopolistic market, firms generally:

a.	use more efficient technologies.
b.	sell a greater share of output in parallel markets.
c.	produce less, while charging higher prices.
d.	are more likely to succeed in response to infant industry protection.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   148

TOP:   Soviet Command Model to Market Economies                  MSC:  Conceptual

 

16. Which of the following is NOT one of the five elements needed to support a well-functioning market system?

a.	holding the exchange rate fixed
b.	achieving a relatively stable macroeconomic environment
c.	allowing relative prices to reflect relative scarcities
d.	establishing competition

 

 

ANS:  A                    DIF:    Medium         REF:   148

TOP:   Soviet Command Model to Market Economies                  MSC:  Factual

 

17. The essence of a big bang approach to economic reform is:

a.	letting economic conditions get so bad that reforms are welcomed as a relief.
b.	imposing high tax rates to finance government expenditures.
c.	instituting the full range of structural and stabilization reforms over a short period of time.
d.	restoring growth through heavy military spending.

 

 

ANS:  C                    DIF:    Medium         REF:   148

TOP:   Soviet Command Model to Market Economies                  MSC:  Factual

 

18. China and Vietnam are examples of formerly planned economies that:

a.	adopted the shock-therapy approach to liberalization.
b.	began their reform programs by privatizing large state-owned industrial enterprises.
c.	suffered severe economic contraction during the transition to a market system.
d.	managed the transition to a market economy in gradual steps.

 

 

ANS:  D                    DIF:    Easy               REF:   148

TOP:   Soviet Command Model to Market Economies                  MSC:  Factual

 

SHORT ANSWER

 

IDs and Paired-Concept Questions

These terms can be used individually as short-answer identification questions, or they can be used in pairs. In the latter case, ask students to explain (1) the meaning and significance of each of the two terms and (2) the relationship between them.

 

1. Government intervention, non-government intervention

 

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2. Big push, backward linkages

 

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3. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), World Trade Organization (WTO)

 

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4. West Pakistan, East Pakistan

 

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5. Pareto optimality, aid to the poor

 

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6. South Korea, Taiwan

 

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7. Dual price system, unified market-price system

 

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8. Shock therapy, gradualist approach

 

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9. Washington Consensus, post-Washington Consensus

 

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10. Structural adjustment, economic distortions

 

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11. Hard governments, soft governments

 

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