Suppose that two countries have the following production possibilities: Smartphones Refrigerators Country A 150 50 Country B 200 100 Country A has the absolute advantage in production of Country has the comparative advantage in producing refrigerators Country should be specializing in production of smartphones. If the price in international trade is 1 refrigerator = 4 smartphones, then which %3D country will benefit from the international trade? Answer: Assume that country A purchases the new technology of smartphones production. As a result of this change, other things being the same, the price for refrigerators in the international trade will become
Suppose that two countries have the following production possibilities: Smartphones Refrigerators Country A 150 50 Country B 200 100 Country A has the absolute advantage in production of Country has the comparative advantage in producing refrigerators Country should be specializing in production of smartphones. If the price in international trade is 1 refrigerator = 4 smartphones, then which %3D country will benefit from the international trade? Answer: Assume that country A purchases the new technology of smartphones production. As a result of this change, other things being the same, the price for refrigerators in the international trade will become
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![Suppose that two countries have the following production possibilities:
Smartphones Refrigerators
Country A
150
50
Country B
200
100
Country A has the absolute advantage in production of
Country
has the comparative advantage in producing refrigerators
Country
should be specializing in production of smartphones.
If the price in international trade is 1 refrigerator = 4 smartphones, then which
country will benefit from the international trade? Answer:
Assume that country A purchases the new technology of smartphones
production. As a result of this change, other things being the same, the price for
refrigerators in the international trade will become](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F56e8dc51-c9b4-4e2a-a01b-43a64e4e4a91%2F9f89b2bd-9d54-43f2-8c61-87edb2fbcff2%2Floogen_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose that two countries have the following production possibilities:
Smartphones Refrigerators
Country A
150
50
Country B
200
100
Country A has the absolute advantage in production of
Country
has the comparative advantage in producing refrigerators
Country
should be specializing in production of smartphones.
If the price in international trade is 1 refrigerator = 4 smartphones, then which
country will benefit from the international trade? Answer:
Assume that country A purchases the new technology of smartphones
production. As a result of this change, other things being the same, the price for
refrigerators in the international trade will become
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