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What is the difference between the GDP (gross domestic product) and GNP (gross national product)?
  1. The GDP deals with what is generated within a nation's borders, whereas the GNP deals with what is generated by a nation's factors of production.
  2. Both the GDP and GNP account for what a nation's citizens and government, alike, spend, invest and earn. However, the GDP also accounts for indirect tax expenditures.
  3. The GDP deals with what is generated by a nation's factors of production, whereas the GNP deals with what is generated within a nation's borders.
  4. Both the GDP and GNP account for what a nation's citizens and government, alike, spend, invest and earn. However, the GNP also accounts for indirect tax expenditures.
Explanation
Answer: A - The gross domestic product includes the net value of the final goods and services rendered by a country in one year, strictly within its own borders, regardless of whether or not the factors of production (materials, machines and people) belong to that country. For example, the value of a British company physically located in the United States would contribute to the American GDP, not the British. The gross national product includes the net value of the final goods and services rendered by a country in one year, based on its factors of production, whether they are physically within the nation's borders or abroad. For example, the value of an American company located in the United Kingdom would contribute to the American GNP but the British GDP.
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