Microeconomics
Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781260507140
Author: David C. Colander
Publisher: McGraw Hill Education
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The effect of comparative advantage of a country in their trade.

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If a country has no absolute advantage on trade, it can go with the comparatively advantaged goods. In this case, the trade is based on the law opportunity cost. If a country has low opportunity cost in the production of any good, it can export the product with a low opportunity cost and import the product with the high opportunity cost. Thus, it is better to export the good with high comparative advantage and import the good with low comparative advantage.

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