Wheat (bushels/labor hour ) Cloth (yards/labor hour) United States 6 4 U.K. 1 3 (Numerical values reflect output per unit of input)   Will trade occur??? Identify the country having the absolute advantage in wheat and the one having the absolute advantage in cloth. Identify the production possibility frontiers for both countries. Show me the gains of trade if we assume that the U.S. exchanges 6 units of wheat for 6 units of cloth.

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(Numerical values reflect output per unit of input)

 

  1. Will trade occur??? Identify the country having the absolute advantage in wheat and the one having the absolute advantage in cloth.
  2. Identify the production possibility frontiers for both countries.
  3. Show me the gains of trade if we assume that the U.S. exchanges 6 units of wheat for 6 units of cloth.
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