Note: Dashed drop lines will automatically extend to both axes. 32 28 24 20 16 12 4 0 32 28 24 20 16 12 0 8 0 PPF The following graph shows the same PPF for Desonia as before, as well as its initial consumption at point A. 0 As you did for Freedonia, place a black point (plus symbol) on the following graph to indicate Desonia's consumption after trade. (?) 4 PPF O True O False 8 12 16 20 24 POTATOES (Millions of pounds) 4 Freedonia 8 28 Desonia 12 16 20 24 POTATOES (Millions of pounds) 32 28 ++ Consumption After Trade 32 (?) * Consumption After Trade True or False: Without engaging in international trade, Freedonia and Desonia would not have been able to consume at the after-trade consumption bundles. (Hint: Base this question on the answers you previously entered on this page.)
Note: Dashed drop lines will automatically extend to both axes. 32 28 24 20 16 12 4 0 32 28 24 20 16 12 0 8 0 PPF The following graph shows the same PPF for Desonia as before, as well as its initial consumption at point A. 0 As you did for Freedonia, place a black point (plus symbol) on the following graph to indicate Desonia's consumption after trade. (?) 4 PPF O True O False 8 12 16 20 24 POTATOES (Millions of pounds) 4 Freedonia 8 28 Desonia 12 16 20 24 POTATOES (Millions of pounds) 32 28 ++ Consumption After Trade 32 (?) * Consumption After Trade True or False: Without engaging in international trade, Freedonia and Desonia would not have been able to consume at the after-trade consumption bundles. (Hint: Base this question on the answers you previously entered on this page.)
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Transcribed Image Text: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 Freedonia and Desonia. Both countries produce potatoes and coffee, each
initially (i.e., before specialization and trade) producing 12 million pounds of potatoes and 6 million pounds of coffee, as indicated by the grey stars
marked with the letter A.
COFFEE (Millions of pounds)
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Freedonia has a comparative advantage in the production of
production of
comparative
potatoes.
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Suppose that
advantage. Th
trade betwee both potatoes and coffee
PPF
Freedonia
4 8 12 16 20 24
POTATOES (Millions of pounds)
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potatoes
PPF
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Freedonia
COFFEE (Millions of pounds)
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28
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20
16
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8
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0
The following graph shows the same PPF for Freedonia as before, as well as its initial consumption at point A. Place a black point (plus symbol) on the
graph to indicate Freedonia's consumption after trade.
0
PPF
4
8 12 16 20 24
POTATOES (Milions of pounds)
coffee
to trade. Each country focuses its resources on producing only the good in which it has a comparative
neither potatoes nor coffee to trade. Each country focuses
e 4 million pounds of potatoes for 4 million pounds of coffee. This ratio of goods is known as the price of
Desonia
while Desonia has a comparative advantage in the
Suppose that Freedonia and Desonia specialize in the production of the goods in which each has a
the two countries can produce a total of
million pounds of coffee and
million pounds of
+
32
Consumption After Trade
(?)
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0
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PPF
The following graph shows the same PPF for Desonia as before, as well as its initial consumption at point A.
0
As you did for Freedonia, place a black point (plus symbol) on the following graph to indicate Desonia's consumption after trade.
4
PPF
O True
O False
8
12
16
20
24
POTATOES (Millions of pounds)
4
Freedonia
8
28
Desonia
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POTATOES (Millions of pounds)
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28
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Consumption After Trade
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(?)
*
Consumption After Trade
True or False: Without engaging in international trade, Freedonia and Desonia would not have been able to consume at the after-trade consumption
bundles. (Hint: Base this question on the answers you previously entered on this page.)
(?)
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