Alpha can produce either 18 oranges or 9 apples an hour, while Beta can produce either 16 oranges or 4 apples an hour. If the terms of trade are established as 1 apple for 2 oranges, then:

Determine the equilibrium price of good x (setting the price of good x as 1) that prevails at Home and Foreign under autarky – that is, when they do not trade with each other. Explain why any other price could not be the equilibrium price in autarky.

A small island nation of Gondwana can produce either 40 Apple iPhones (Apple for short) or 80 Samsung Galaxy phones (Samsung for short) every hour. A small island nation of Pandea can produce 75 Apple or 100 Samsung phones every hour. Without trade, each island nation consumes everything it produces. Assume that labor is the only resource they need on each island. If they decide to trade, transportation cost is zero. After 10 hours of work right now, Gondwana produces 200 Apple and 400 Samsung phones, Pandea produces 375 Apple and 500 Samsung  phones. (a) Who if any has a comparative advantage in Apple iPhones? Who if any has a comparative advantage in Samsung Galaxy phones? (b) Is it possible for both Gondwana and Pandea to improve their consumption levels in one or both products, without decreasing consumption in any of the products? If no, explain why; if yes, give an example of production schedule and trade flows that would be mutually beneficial. (c) Give a range of prices of…

Suppose there are 1 million workers in Country X. Each worker can either produce 2 units of game console or 30 units of wheat in a year. b.) Suppose, for Country Y, the opportunity cost of producing a unit of game console is 25 units of wheat. i. Which country, X or Y, has a comparative advantage in producing game console? Explain.ii. Suppose in the international trade market, one unit of game console can be exchanged for 22 units of wheat. Explain whether Country X should buy or sell game console in the international market. What will be her gain from trade per unit of game console bought or sold? What will be the corresponding gain from trade for Country Y? (4 marks)

Nation 1: Mexico Good 1: televisions Nations Given: Mexico and Canada produce only two goods. They have the same fixed resources are equally efficient and both countries have constant opportunity costs between the two goods. in one month Mexico can produce 250,000 televisions or 70,000 washing machines Canada can produce 120,000 televisions or 50,000 washing machines. Fill in the table below. + Mexico Canada I Max Production Nation 2: Canada A) Graph the given information. Good 2: Washing machines Opportunity Cost Opportunity Cost

Suppose that towns collect resources from their surroundings. Then, through trade, they attempt to obtain other desirable items. Mortarville, an urban town that specializes in brick and ore, wants wood to build roads so that it can expand and connect to other major cities. Mortarville has a willingness to pay $50 for wood, since wood is hard for them to obtain Mayflair also needs wood to build grain silos for their wheat harvests. Mayflair is willing to pay $45 for wood. Timber, the only foresting company, sets the price of wood at $60. The change in total surplus that arises due to trades between Timber and the towns is John finds a set of wood in his garage which he is willing to sell for no less than $35. John chooses to sell the set to Mayflair for $40 instead of to Mortarville for $45. As a result of John's transaction with Mayflair total surplus increased, but the market is inefficient total surplus decreased, and the market is inefficient total surplus increased, and the market…

1.23 If two countries have differing opportunity costs of production for two goods, then: a) each country should specialise in the good for which it has a higher opportunity cost of production. b) only the country with an absolute advantage in the production of both goods stands to gain from trade. c) each country should purchase inputs from the other country in order to gain an absolute advantage. d) each country should specialise in the production of the good for which it has a comparative advantage.

The following graph shows a fictional world economy that consists of only two countries, Greenberg and Baxton. Both countries produce airplanes 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. Greenberg Baxton 30 27 24 +18 + + 15 12 In the absence of trade (that is, autarky), the equilibrium price in Greenberg is $ and the equilibrium price in Baxton is |. (Hint: Enter all monetary values in full. For example, $7,000 rather than $7.) In the absence of trade, which of the following statements is correct? O Greenberg has the comparative advantage in production of airplanes. O Greenberg and Baxton are equally good at producing airplanes. O Baxton has the comparative advantage in production of airplanes. Now suppose both countries open up to international trade with each other. For each country, use the previous…

Assuming labor is the only resource and England has 60 man-hours (mhrs) and Portugal 180 mhrs of labor resource available for production, which country has the absolute advantage in wine?     a) Portugal     b) England     c) Both     d) Neither     e) Can't tell

11) In the figure below, AB is the production-possibility curve of Canada. The line PQ shows the price ratio of one bushel of wheat/bale of cotton. I1 and 12 are two of the community indifference curves of Canada. With free trade, Canada can achieve a level of well-being corresponding to I2. In the absence of international trade, one bushel of wheat will exchange for bale(s) of cotton in Canada. After Canada engages in international trade, one bushel of wheat will exchange for bale(s) of cotton. Wheat (bushels) P. 80 50 0 A) one; 0.25 B) four; one C) one; four D) 65, 85 25 Canada 65 85 Cotton (bales)