4. Specialization and trade When a country has a comparative advantage in the production of a good, it means that it can produce this good at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partner. Then the country will specialize in the production of this good and trade it for other goods. The following graphs show the production possibilities frontiers (PPFS) for Candonia and Desonia. Both countries produce lemons and sugar, each initially (i.e., before specialization and trade) producing 6 million pounds of lemons and 3 million pounds of sugar, as indicated by the grey stars marked with the letter A. Candonia Desonia 16 14 14 12 12 PPE 10 10 PPF 0 2 10 12 14 16 2 10 12 14 16 LEMONS (Milions of pounds) LEMONS (Millions of pounds) Candonia has a comparative advantage in the production of while Desonia has a comparative advantage in the production of Suppose that Candonia and Desonia specialize in the production of the goods in which each has a comparative advantage. After specialization, the two countries can produce a total of million pounds of lemons and million pounds of sugar. SUGAR (Milions of pounds) SUGAR (Milions of pounds)
4. Specialization and trade When a country has a comparative advantage in the production of a good, it means that it can produce this good at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partner. Then the country will specialize in the production of this good and trade it for other goods. The following graphs show the production possibilities frontiers (PPFS) for Candonia and Desonia. Both countries produce lemons and sugar, each initially (i.e., before specialization and trade) producing 6 million pounds of lemons and 3 million pounds of sugar, as indicated by the grey stars marked with the letter A. Candonia Desonia 16 14 14 12 12 PPE 10 10 PPF 0 2 10 12 14 16 2 10 12 14 16 LEMONS (Milions of pounds) LEMONS (Millions of pounds) Candonia has a comparative advantage in the production of while Desonia has a comparative advantage in the production of Suppose that Candonia and Desonia specialize in the production of the goods in which each has a comparative advantage. After specialization, the two countries can produce a total of million pounds of lemons and million pounds of sugar. SUGAR (Milions of pounds) SUGAR (Milions of pounds)
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