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Transcribed Image Text:One last time, keep considering the case of Babs and Donna, and fill in the blank:
their PPF.
Before trade, the best Babs and Donna could do was to consume at a point
their PPF.
With trade, the best Babs and Donna can consume is at a point
O inside; on
O near; actually on
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on; inside of
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Transcribed Image Text:Once again, consider Babs and Donna, who can each produce cake, beer, or some combination of
the two using only 40 hours of labor each. Babs can produce a maximum of 50 cakes if she
produces no beer, and 100 units of beer if she produces no cake. Donna can produce a maximum
of 100 cakes with no beer produced; if she makes no cake, she can produce 120 units of beer.
In autarky, each producer spent half of her time producing cake and the other half producing
beer. But now let's say that Babs and Donna decide to trade with each other. They decide that
each producer will fully specialize in the good where she has comparative advantage. Later, they
will work out the details on how much beer will trade for how many cakes and vice versa.
Calculate the gains in trade in cakes that Babs and Donna together (as a group) will experience
due to trading. In other words, tell me how many more cakes the two of them can now consume
(together) by trading instead of remaining in autarky.
(Carefully follow all numeric instructions. If you find Babs and Donna can consume fewer cakes than
before, include a negative sign in your answer. Otherwise, enter only a number and a decimal point if
needed, rounding your answer to two decimal places as needed.)
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The production possibility frontier (PPF) is a curve that depicts the different amounts of two goods that can be produced when they both rely on limiting resources. The PPF is a tool for managers to use when deciding on the best product mix for their firm.
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