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Chapter11: Price And Output Determination: Monopoly And Dominant Firms
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What goods will each country export/import?

Hours of Labor Required to produce X and Y
Country A
Country B
Good X
15
12
Good Y
30
10
Transcribed Image Text:Hours of Labor Required to produce X and Y Country A Country B Good X 15 12 Good Y 30 10
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A country has comparative advantage in producing a good if opportunity cost of producing that good in terms of another good is lower in that country as compare to the other. This approach is arising due to difference in labour productivity, stated by Ricardian.

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