10)Suppose that in a three-hour block of time you can either make 2 batches of chocolate chip cookies or word-process 10 pages of text. In contrast, your roommate Keshawn can either make 4 batches of cookies or word-process 5 pages of text in a three-hour block of time. Which of the following is correct * a)Your comparative advantage is in making cookies. b)None of the above c)Keshawn's comparative advantage is in word-processing text. d)Your comparative advantage is in word-processing text.

Suppose the fictional country of Everglades produces two types of goods: agricultural and capital. The following diagram shows its current production possibilities frontier for millet, an agricultural good, and electric scooters, a capital good. Drag the production possibilities frontier (PPF) on the graph to show the effects of a breakout of avian flu that sickens millions of workers. Note: Select either end of the curve on the graph to make the endpoints appear. Then drag one or both endpoints to the desired position. Points will snap into position, so if you try to move a point and it snaps back to its original position, just drag it a little farther.   PPF0701402102803504201801501209060300ELECTRIC SCOOTERS (Thousands)MILLET (Millions of bushels) PPF

Consider an economy with two producers, Sidney and Connor. Each allocates 8 hours per day between the production of chocolate and bananas. Given 8 hours of labour, Sidney can produce 80kg of chocolate or 16kg of bananas. Connor can produce either 2kg of chocolate or 4kg of bananas per hour.  A) No Trade i) In separate diagrams, show the production possibilities frontier for both Sidney and Connor. Put bananas on the horizontal axis and chocolate on the vertical axis.  ii)What is the opportunity cost of bananas for both Sidney and Connor if there is no trade?

1) Write a clearly positive economic statement referring to comparative advantage.Explain why is it a positive statement.

Suppose the fictional country of Everglades produces two types of goods: agricultural and capital. The following diagram shows its current production possibilities frontier for millet, an agricultural good, and telephoto lenses, a capital good. Drag the production possibilities frontier (PPF) on the graph to show the effects of a long drought that reduces the amount of water available for farmers to use for irrigation. Note: Select either end of the curve on the graph to make the endpoints appear. Then drag one or both endpoints to the desired position. Points will snap into position, so if you try to move a point and it snaps back to its original position, just drag it a little farther. TELEPHOTO LENSES (Thousands) 360 300 240 100 120 60 . 10 PPF 20 30 40 MILLET (Millions of bushels) 50 60 PPF

7. Transportation costs and comparative advantage The following graph shows a fictional world economy that consists of only two countries, Greenberg and Baxton. Both countries produce cars under increasing-cost conditions. Note that the left-hand part of the diagram is a mirror image of a standard supply-demand diagram, and therefore the supply and demand curves slope in directions opposite their usual directions. PRICE OF CARS (Thousands of dollars) + Greenberg + + + 10 9 8 7 +6 5 SG 4 3 2 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Baxton CARS + + SB DB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ?

When a country has a comparative advantage in the production of a good, it means that it can produce this good at a lower opportunity cost than its trading partner. Then the country will specialize in the production of this good and trade it for other goods. The following graphs show the production possibilities frontiers (PPFS) for Yosemite and Congares. Both countries produce corn and lentils, each initially (ie, before specialization and trade) producing 6 million pounds of corn and 3 million pounds of lentils, as indicated by the grey stars marked with the letter A. LENTILS (MEns of pounds 0 0 194 2 Yout 4 10 CORN (Mof pounds) 14 16 LENTILS (Mons of pounds 0 2 Yosemite has a comparative advantage in the production of production of comparative advantage. After specialization, the two countries can produce a total of comm. Conger L 10 12 COHN (Mof pounds) 14 16 (?) conn while Congaree has a comparative advantage in the -Suppose that Yosemite and Congaree specialize in the production…

Suppose Canada produces only tablets and smartphones. The resources that are used in the production of these two goods are not specialized—that is, the same set of resources is equally useful in producing both smartphones and tablets.   The shape of Canada's production possibilities frontier (PPF) should reflect the fact that as Canada produces more smartphones and fewer tablets, the opportunity cost of producing each additional smartphone: (a. increases, b. decreases, c. remains constant).   The following graphs show two possible PPFs for Canada's economy: a straight-line PPF (PPF1) and a bowed-out PPF (PPF2).   Based on the previous description, the trade-off Canada faces between producing smartphones and tablets is best represented by: (a. Graph 1, b. Graph 2).

Suppose two economies Home (H) and Foreign (F) produce two goods, bread and wine, with only one production factor: labour. Production technology, expressed as marginal product of labour (MPL), is given in the following table: Technologies expressed as MPL Bread Wine Home 1/6 1/12 Foreign 1/4 1/2 Suppose that Home has 2400 units of labour and Foreign has 1800 units of labour. a  Derive the Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) and the Consumption Possibility Frontier (CPF) for Home and Foreign, with bread on the horizontal axis and wine on the vertical axis. What is the autarky equilibrium price of bred relative to wine in each country? b.  What country has the absolute advantage in producing each good? What country has the comparative advantage in producing each good? Briefly explain the difference between these two concepts. Suppose both countries are now free to trade. The world relative price of bread is 1. c.) What is the pattern of specialisation and trade? Briefly…

Use the graph to answer the following question: Plant R and Plant S both produce radios and calculators. Which of the following statements is most true?  A) Plant R has the comparative advantage to produce radios but not calculators.  B) Plant R has the comparative advantage to produce both goods.  C) Plant S has the comparative advantage to produce radios but not calculators.  D) Plant S has the absolute advantage to produce both calculators and radios.