*4. Assume that a country produces only two goods, automobiles and fast PCs. In 1, automobiles cost $20,000 each and the PCs cost $3,000 each; 1,000 auto- mobiles and 10,000 PCs are produced. In price of automobiles has increased to $22,000; because a new, even faster type of PC is about to be intro- duced, the price of fast PCs has fallen to $700. In year 2, 1,000 automobiles and 15,000 PCs are produced. (a) Fill in the following table. year year 2, the

*4. Assume that a country produces only two goods, automobiles and fast PCs. In 1, automobiles cost $20,000 each and the PCs cost $3,000 each; 1,000 auto- mobiles and 10,000 PCs are produced. In price of automobiles has increased to $22,000; because a new, even faster type of PC is about to be intro- duced, the price of fast PCs has fallen to $700. In year 2, 1,000 automobiles and 15,000 PCs are produced. (a) Fill in the following table. year year 2, the

Economics: Private and Public Choice (MindTap Course List)

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Publisher:James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, David A. Macpherson

Chapter18: Gaining From International Trade

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