Macroeconomics (Book Only)
Macroeconomics (Book Only)
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ISBN: 9781285738314
Author: Roger A. Arnold
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Deriving production–possibility frontier (PPF).

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Production–possibility frontier is the combination of different combinations of two goods that a country can produce, while all the resources are utilized. Assume that a country is producing two goods say X and Y. Then, the given Table (1) shows different combinations of goods that a country can produce with fully utilized resources as shown below:

Table 1

CombinationGood XGood Y
A100
B55
C010

Use the given table to depict the production–possibility frontier as shown below:

Macroeconomics (Book Only), Chapter 2, Problem 1VQP

In Figure 1, the horizontal axis represents good X and the vertical axis represents good Y. In the first combination, the country can produce 10 units of good X and 0 unit of good Y. In the second combination, the country can produce 5 units of both the goods. In the third combination, the country can produce 0 unit of good X and 10 units of good Y. The country can produce any of the given combinations of goods. These combinations of goods form production–possibility frontier.

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Production–possibility frontier (PPF): Production–possibility frontier or PPF curve shows the combination of the two commodities that the country produced efficiently using the given technology.

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