Suppose there are two countries Peru and Japan that produces 7,523 units ofFood or 17,853 units of Fuel using a labour force of 8000. Japan can produce 5,733 units of Food or 24,156 units of Fuel using a labour force of 5,000. a) On two seperate graphs sketch the initial PFF for the two countries with Food on the x-axis. b) If Japan and Peru employ half it workers to produce Fuel how much each good can consume? Label this point A and A* respectively. c) Which country has the absolute advantage in food? In fuel? Explain.

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Suppose there are two countries Peru and Japan that produces 7,523 units ofFood or 17,853 units of Fuel using a labour force of 8000. Japan can produce 5,733 units of Food or 24,156 units of Fuel using a labour force of 5,000.

a) On two seperate graphs sketch the initial PFF for the two countries with Food on the x-axis.

b) If Japan and Peru employ half it workers to produce Fuel how much each good can consume? Label this point A and A* respectively.

c) Which country has the absolute advantage in food? In fuel? Explain.

d) Which country has the comparative advantage in food? In fuel? Explain.

e) Which good(s) should each country specialized in?

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