Economics (MindTap Course List)
Economics (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337617383
Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 2, Problem 1QP

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To determine

Changes in U.S PPF when war take place.

(a)

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A war taken place in the US soil leads to reduction in capital stock, potential resources and also kills people. This in turn shifts the US’s PPF inward.

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Production possibilities frontier (PPF) curve: PPF curve refers to the combinations of goods and services that can be produced using available resources.

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To determine

Changes in U.S PPF when new oil is discovered.

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The discovery of new oil field increases the US’s resources. Thus, it shifts the PPF of U.S outward.

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Changes in U.S PPF when unemployment rate decrease.

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Decreasing unemployment rate represented by the movement of a point that is below the PPF to another point that is near or on the frontier.

(d)

To determine

Changes in U.S PPF.

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The new law decreases the productive efficiency of the labor that leads to the movement of a point which is on the frontier to the point that is inside the frontier.

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