Unit labour requirements: cloth tractors Home 200 400 Foreign 120 60 Use the information in the table above and assume a Ricardian model. a. What is the opportunity cost of cloth in terms of tractors in Home ? Show your work. b. What is the opportunity cost of cloth in terms of tractors in Foreign? C. Given the information above, would either country benefit from trade? Please explain.

Unit labour requirements: cloth tractors Home 200 400 Foreign 120 60 Use the information in the table above and assume a Ricardian model. a. What is the opportunity cost of cloth in terms of tractors in Home ? Show your work. b. What is the opportunity cost of cloth in terms of tractors in Foreign? C. Given the information above, would either country benefit from trade? Please explain.

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Chapter20: The Global Economy

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