Microeconomic Theory
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ISBN: 9781337517942
Author: NICHOLSON
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 13, Problem 13.6P
a)
To determine
Concept Introduction: The combinations of items that could be produced using the resources that are available in an economy are shown by the
The production possibility curves for region A and region B.
b)
To determine
Concept Introduction: The combinations of items that could be produced using the resources that are available in an economy are shown by the production possibility frontier (PPF).
Condition that must hold when production is efficiently allocated between both regions.
c)
To determine
Concept Introduction: The combinations of items that could be produced using the resources that are available in an economy are shown by the production possibility frontier (PPF).
Production possibility curve for R when labor is immovable and total y that R can produce if x output is 12
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Two countries, A and B, that differ in their opportunity costs for the goods each one of them produces have decided to engage in trade. There is
A. a unique trading ratio of these two goods that will benefit both countries.
B. a unique trading ratio at which Country A will have gains from trade, but Country B will not.
C. a range of trading ratios that lies between the opportunity costs of each good for both countries at which both countries will benefit from trade.
D. a unique trading ratio at which Country B will have gains from trade, but Country A will not.
E. a range of trading ratios that provides gains from trade only to Country A.
According to comparative advantage, trade between two countries
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will benefit all the industries in each of the countries.
guarantees that consumption levels will be equal in the two countries.
maximizes the amount of inputs that are used in the production of all products.
allows each of the trading countries to allocate its resources most efficiently.
Suppose the fictional country of everglass produces only two goods
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