Microeconomics
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ISBN: 9781259655500
Author: David C Colander
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Country X can produce 1,000 units of food and 2,000 units of clothes. Country Y can produce 1,000 units of food and 1,000 units of clothes. In order to maximize trade according to the principles of comparative advantage,
country X should produce food and import clothes from country Y.
country Y should produce food and import clothes from country X.
country X and Y should produce both food and clothes to meet their own needs.
country Y should produce both food and clothes, and import additional clothes from country X.
Which of the following BEST describes comparative advantage?
Country A can produce a product at a lower opportunity cost than Country B
Country A can produce more of a product than Country B
Country A has a currency worth more than the currency of country B
Country A uses a smaller amount of a resource to produce than Country B
Suppose there are two states that do not trade: Iowa and Nebraska. Each state produces the same two goods: corn and wheat. For Iowa the opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of wheat is 3 bushels of corn. For Nebraska the opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of corn is 3 bushels of wheat. At present, Iowa produces 20 million bushels of wheat and 120 million bushels of corn, while Nebraska produces 20 million bushels of corn and 120 million bushels of wheat.
a. If each state specialized in their respective comparative advantage:
Iowa would produce million bushels of corn and million bushels of wheat.
Nebraska would produce million bushels of wheat and million bushels of corn.
Now assume Nebraska trades 120 million bushels of wheat for 120 million bushels of corn. With specialization and this trade, Nebraska will end up with million bushels of corn and million bushels of wheat, while Iowa will end up with million bushels of corn and million bushels of wheat.
b.…
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