Calculate the gains from trade-that IS, the amount by which each country has increased its consumption of each good relative to the Tirst row of the table. In the following table, enter this difference in the boxes across the last row (marked "Increase in Consumption"). Euphoria Contente Rye Jeans Rye Jeans (Millions of pairs) (Millions of bushels) (Millions of pairs) (Millions of bushels) Without Trade Production 15 20 48 Consumption 15 20 48 With Trade Production Trade action Consumption Gains from Trade Increase in Consumption

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Consider two neighboring island countries called Euphoria and Contente. They each have 4 million labor hours available per week that they can use to produce rye, jeans, or a combination of both. The following table shows the amount of rye or jeans that can be produced using 1 hour of labor.
Country
Rye
Jeans
(Bushels per hour of labor)
(Pairs per hour of labor)
Euphoria 5 20
Contente 8 16
 
Initially, suppose Contente uses 1 million hours of labor per week to produce rye and 3 million hours per week to produce jeans, while Euphoria uses 3 million hours of labor per week to produce rye and 1 million hours per week to produce jeans. Consequently, Euphoria produces 15 million bushels of rye and 20 million pairs of jeans, and Contente produces 8 million bushels of rye and 48 million pairs of jeans. Assume there are no other countries willing to trade goods, so, in the absence of trade between these two countries, each country consumes the amount of rye and jeans it produces.
Euphoria's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of rye is    of jeans, and Contente's opportunity cost of producing 1 bushel of rye is    of jeans. Therefore,    has a comparative advantage in the production of rye, and    has a comparative advantage in the production of jeans.
 
Suppose that each country completely specializes in the production of the good in which it has a comparative advantage, producing only that good. In this case, the country that produces rye will produce
 
million bushels per week, and the country that produces jeans will produce
 
million pairs per week.
In the following table, enter each country's production decision on the third row of the table (marked "Production").
Suppose the country that produces rye trades 18 million bushels of rye to the other country in exchange for 54 million pairs of jeans.
In the following table, select the amount of each good that each country exports and imports in the boxes across the row marked "Trade Action," and enter each country's final consumption of each good on the line marked "Consumption."
When the two countries did not specialize, the total production of rye was 23 million bushels per week, and the total production of jeans was 68 million pairs per week. Because of specialization, the total production of rye has increased by
 
million bushels per week, and the total production of jeans has increased by
 
million pairs per week.
 
Because the two countries produce more rye and more jeans under specialization, each country is able to gain from trade.
Calculate the gains from trade—that is, the amount by which each country has increased its consumption of each good relative to the first row of the table. In the following table, enter this difference in the boxes across the last row (marked "Increase in Consumption")
 
Calculate the gains from trade-that IS, the amount by which each country has increased its consumption of each good relative to the Tirst row of the
table. In the following table, enter this difference in the boxes across the last row (marked "Increase in Consumption").
Euphoria
Contente
Rye
Jeans
Rye
Jeans
(Millions of pairs)
(Millions of bushels)
(Millions of pairs)
(Millions of bushels)
Without Trade
Production
15
20
48
Consumption
15
20
48
With Trade
Production
Trade action
Consumption
Gains from Trade
Increase in Consumption
Transcribed Image Text:Calculate the gains from trade-that IS, the amount by which each country has increased its consumption of each good relative to the Tirst row of the table. In the following table, enter this difference in the boxes across the last row (marked "Increase in Consumption"). Euphoria Contente Rye Jeans Rye Jeans (Millions of pairs) (Millions of bushels) (Millions of pairs) (Millions of bushels) Without Trade Production 15 20 48 Consumption 15 20 48 With Trade Production Trade action Consumption Gains from Trade Increase in Consumption
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