absolute quota
(noun)
A limitation of the quantity of certain goods that may enter commerce during a specific period.
Examples of absolute quota in the following topics:
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Quotas
- Quotas are limitations on imported goods, come in an absolute or tariff-rate varieties, and affect supply in the domestic economy.
- There are two main types of import quota: the absolute quota and the tariff-rate quota.
- An absolute quota is a limit on the quantity of specific goods that may enter a country during a certain time period.
- An absolute quota may also be set selectively for certain countries.
- As an example, suppose an absolute, global quota for pens is set at 50 million.
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Absolute Value
- Absolute value can be thought of as the distance of a real number from zero.
- For example, the absolute value of 5 is 5, and the absolute value of −5 is also 5, because both numbers are the same distance from 0.
- The term "absolute value" has been used in this sense since at least 1806 in French and 1857 in English.
- Other names for absolute value include "numerical value," "modulus," and "magnitude."
- The absolute values of 5 and -5 shown on a number line.
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Equations with Absolute Value
- To solve an equation with an absolute value, first isolate the absolute value, and then solve for the positive and negative cases.
- The absolute value of $-5$ is $5$, and the absolute value of $5$ is also $5$, since both $-5$ and $5$ are $5$ units away from $0$.
- The following steps describe how to solve an absolute value equation:
- The absolute value of a real number may be thought of as its distance from zero.
- Break down an absolute value equation into two equations to solve for the variable
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Defining Absolute Advantage
- A country has an absolute advantage in the production of a good when it can produce it more efficiently than other countries.
- Absolute advantage refers to the ability of a country to produce a good more efficiently that other countries.
- A country with an absolute advantage can sell the good for less than a country that does not have the absolute advantage.
- Party B has an absolute advantage in producing widgets.
- China can produce such goods more efficiently, which gives it an absolute advantage relative to many countries.
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Sensory Absolute Thresholds
- The absolute threshold is the lowest intensity at which a stimulus can be detected.
- Smell is not the only sense with absolute thresholds.
- Every sense has an absolute threshold.
- Expectations can also affect the absolute threshold.
- Light at the end of the tunnel: the absolute threshold for vision
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Promoting Free Trade
- Government can promote free trade by reducing tariffs, quotas, and non-tariff barriers.
- Free trade is a policy by which a government does not discriminate against imports or interfere with exports by applying tariffs (to imports), subsidies (to exports), or quotas.
- Tariffs and quotas are explicit government policies that are designed to protect domestic producers, even if they are not the most efficient producers .
- In addition to tariffs and quotas, there are a number of other barriers to free trade that countries use.
- NTBs act just like tariffs and quotas in that they are barriers to free trade.
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Absolute Zero
- Absolute zerois the coldest possible temperature.
- Absolute zero is universal in the sense that all matteris in ground state at this temperature .
- The uncertainty principle states that the position of a particle cannot be determined with absolute precision; therefore a particle is in motion even if it is at absolute zero, and a ground state still carries a minimal amount of kinetic energy.
- The zero point of a thermodynamic temperature scale, such as the Kelvin scale, is set at absolute zero.
- Explain why absolute zero is a natural choice as the null point for a temperature unit system
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Constitutional Issues and Compromises
- Each of the states would be represented in proportion to their "Quotas of contribution, or to the number of free inhabitants."
- The plan also gave the Governor, an executive elected by electors for a life-term of service, an absolute veto over bills.
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Quotas
- To prevent over-fishing, a negative externality, governments may impose individual fishing quotas (IFQs), which set an allowable catch limit for fisheries.
- To address the problem of negative externalities, governments may use a quota system to try and limit them.
- In a quota system, the negative externality is capped at a certain amount.
- In the example of pollution, the government may put a quota on the amount of pollution a factory can produce by issuing tradable permits.
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Absolute Advantage and the Balance of Trade
- Absolute advantage and balance of trade are two important aspects of international trade that affect countries and organizations.
- Absolute advantage and balance of trade are two important aspects of international trade that affect countries and organizations .
- Adam Smith first described the principle of absolute advantage in the context of international trade, using labor as the only input.
- Since absolute advantage is determined by a simple comparison of labor productivities, it is possible for a party to have no absolute advantage in anything; in that case, according to the theory of absolute advantage, no trade will occur with the other party.
- The European Free Trade Agreement has helped countries international trade without worrying about absolute advantage and increases net exports.