Microeconomics
Microeconomics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781319098780
Author: Paul Krugman, Robin Wells
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Chapter 1, Problem 7P
To determine

To explain:

The Hatfield family lives on the east side of the Hatatoochie River, and the McCoy family lives on the west side. Each family’s diet consists of fried chicken and corn on the cob, and each is itself-sufficient, raising their own chickens and growing their own corn. Explain the conditions under which each of the following would be true.

  1. The two families are made better off when the Hatfield’s specialize in raising chickens, the McCoy’s specialize in growing corn, and the two families trade.
  2. The two families are made better off when the McCoy’s specialize in raising chickens, the Hatfield’s specialize in growing corn, and the two families trade.

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