国际经济学_中英名词解释.docx

国际经济学中英名词解释Absolute advantage: The greater efficiency that one nation may have over another in the production of a commodity. This was the basis for trade for Adam Smith.绝对优势Law of comparative advantage: The less efficient nation should specialize in and export the commodity in which its absolute disadvantage is smaller (this is the commodity of its comparative advantage), and should import the other commodity.比较优势原理Ad valorem tariff: A tariff expressed as a fixed percentage of the value of a traded commodity.从价税Specific tariff:从量税 A tariff expressed as a fixed sum per unit of a traded commodity.Capital-intensive commodity: The commodity with the higher capital-labor ratio at all relative factor prices.资本密集型商品Labor-intensive commodity: The commodity with the higher labor-capital ratio (L/K) at all relative factor prices.劳动密集型产品Capital inflow: An increase of foreign assets in the nation or a reduction in the nation’s assets abroad.资本流入Capital outflow: A decrease of foreign assets in the nation or an increases the nation’s assets abroad.资本流出Community indifference curve: The curve that shows the various combinations of two commodities yielding equal satisfaction to the community or nation. Community indifference curves are negatively sloped, convex from the origin, and should not across.社会无差异曲线Consumer surplus: The difference between what consumers are willing to pay for a specific amount of a commodity and what they actually pay for it.消费者剩余Producer surplus: The revenue producers receive over and above the minimum amount required to induce them to supply the good.生产者剩余Current account: The account that includes all sales and purchases of currently produced goods and services, income on foreign investments, and unilateral transfers.经常项目Credit transactions: Transactions that involve the receipt of payments from foreigners. These include the export of goods and services, unilateral transfers from foreigners, and capital inflow.贷方交易Debit transactions: Transactions that in