3. Absolute and comparative advantage Consider two neighboring island countries, Charisma and Fiatstan. Each has 72,000 labor hours available per week that it can use to produce corn, jeans, or a combination of both. The following table shows the amount of labor hours required to produce 1 bushel of corn or 1 pair of jeans. Corn Jeans Country (Labor hours per bushel) (Labor hours per pair) Charisma 80 16 Fiatstan 24 12 has an absolute advantage in the production of corn, and has an absolute advantage in the production of jeans. Fiatstan per week to produce jeans, while Fiatstan uses me there are no other countries willing to trade Initially, suppose Charisma uses 54,000 hours of labor per week to produce corn Charisma 18,000 hours of labor per week to produce corn and 54,000 hours per week to pr neither country goods, so in the absence of trade between these two countries, each country cons of corn and jeans it produces.

3. Absolute and comparative advantage Consider two neighboring island countries, Charisma and Fiatstan. Each has 72,000 labor hours available per week that it can use to produce corn, jeans, or a combination of both. The following table shows the amount of labor hours required to produce 1 bushel of corn or 1 pair of jeans. Corn Jeans Country (Labor hours per bushel) (Labor hours per pair) Charisma 80 16 Fiatstan 24 12 has an absolute advantage in the production of corn, and has an absolute advantage in the production of jeans. Fiatstan per week to produce jeans, while Fiatstan uses me there are no other countries willing to trade Initially, suppose Charisma uses 54,000 hours of labor per week to produce corn Charisma 18,000 hours of labor per week to produce corn and 54,000 hours per week to pr neither country goods, so in the absence of trade between these two countries, each country cons of corn and jeans it produces.

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Principles of Economics 2e

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Chapter33: International Trade

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