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2. Country X has 100 units of labor. In country X it takes 10 units of...
2.
Country X has 100 units of labor. In country X it takes 10 units of
labor to produce an airplane and 5 units of labor to produce a unit
(whatever it is....) of coffee beans. Country Y has 200 units of
labor. In country Y it takes 10 units of labor to produce an
airplane and it takes 2 units of labor to produce a unit of coffee.
Who has a comparative advantage in airplanes? Draw the PPF for
these two countries combined. Label the slopes and
intercepts.
Homework Answers
Answer #1
Ans: Country X has comparative advantage is airplanes.
Explanation:
The following table shows that different quanties of production of airplanes and coffee beans from their respective labor force.
For country X , the opportunnity cost of 1 unit of Airplane = 20 / 10 = 2 units of coffee beans
For country Y , the opportunnity cost of 1 unit of Airplane = 100 / 20 = 5 units of coffee beans.
A country has comparative advantage in the production of a good in which it has lower opportunity cost as compared to other country.
|
Airplane ( Units) |
Coffee beans (Units) |
|
| Country X | 10 | 20 |
| Country Y | 20 | 100 |
Ans: PPF of these two countries are shown in the following figure.
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