a) Which country has absolute advantage in producing steel? Why? b) Which country has absolute advantage in producing corn? Why? c) What is the opportunity cost of producing a steel in Russia? What about corn?

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Russia                                                 China
Stee    Corn                                  Steel      Corn
30        0                                            60       0
20      10                                           40        10
10       20                                          20        20
0         30                                          0          30

a) Which country has absolute advantage in producing steel? Why?
b) Which country has absolute advantage in producing corn? Why?
c) What is the opportunity cost of producing a steel in Russia? What about corn?
d) What is the opportunity cost of producing a steel in China? What about corn?
e) Which country has comparative advantage in producing steel?
f) Which country has comparative advantage in producing corn?
g) Draw the production possibilities frontier for both China and Russia.

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