Consider 2 countries (the United States and the France) that use input such as labor to produce 2 different goods: cloth and wine. In France, 1 hour of labor can produce either 20 wines or 10 cloths. In the United States, 1 hour of labor can produce either 30 wines or 20 cloths. You are required to determine how should each country make optimize the use of labor that is by producing the good in which they have a comparative advantage.

Explain the difference between absolute advantage and comparative advantage. Which is more important in determining trade patterns, absolute advantage or comparative advantage? Why?

Please no written by hand solution Two countries each produce two goods. Country 1 has 200 workers and Country 2 has 600 workers. If they do not trade, Country 1 produces 5 units of good 1 and 1 unit of good ECON 212 Microeconomics II Ayça Tekin-Koru HOMEWORK 1 PAGE 2 2, and Country 2 produces 10 units of good 1 and 10 units of good 2. The following table shows how many workers are necessary to produce each good: Country 1 Country 2 Workers per unit of good 1 20 20 Workers per unit of good 2 100 40 a) In the absence of trade, how many units of goods 1 and 2 can Country 2 produce? How many can Country 1 produce? b) Which country has a comparative advantage in producing good 1? In producing good 2? c) Draw the production possibility for each country and show where the two produce without trade. Put good 1 on vertical axis and good 2 on horizontal axis. d) Draw the production possibility frontier with trade. e) Show that both countries can benefit from trade.

01 20 wered For each fancy dress Cafilla produces, it gives up the opportunity to make 50 pounds of cheese. Bodoni can produce one fancy dress for every 100 pounds of cheese it produces. If specialization and trade were to occur between these two countries, which of the following would be consistent with the theory of comparative advantage? O a. Bodoni has the comparative advantage in only dresses. O b. Cafilla has the comparative advantage in only cheese. O c. Cafilla has the comparative advantage in only dresses. O d. Bodoni has the comparative advantage in dresses and cheese. O e. Cafilla has the comparative advantage in dresses and cheese. D AssignmentMain.do?takeAssignmentSession Locator assignment-take,0896c4f4-0518-431a-b10a-1cd73a8289c4# Show -9 bike 2 bike jpg.jpg bike 2.jpg T ▬▬ 6:5 6/12/2 ➡+ prt so R % 5 L G B O Y I & 7 x 8 l J C IAA 00 M 9 K fio ► 11 O ENG S D

Suppose that France and Germany both produce wine and cheese. The table below shows combinations of the goods that each country can produce in a day. France Germany Wine (Bottles) Cheese (Pounds) 16 Wine (Bottles) Cheese (Pounds) 12 8. 4. 25 20 15 2 3 3 4 10 4 Who has the comparative advantage in producing wine and who has the comparative advantage in producing cheese? O A. France has a comparative advantage producing wine and Germany has a comparative advantage producing cheese. O B. France has a comparative advantage producing wine and cheese. OC. Germany has a comparative advantage producing wine and cheese. -OD. Neither has a comparative advantage producing wine or cheese. OE. France has a comparative advantage producing cheese and Germany has a comparative advantage producing wine. Suppose that France is currently producing 1 bottle of wine and 12 pounds of cheese and Germany is currently producing 3 bottles of wine and 10 pounds of cheese. Then, assume instead that France and…

Draw two Linear Production Possibilities Curves for two countries: Portugal and England and two products :Wine (kegs) and Cloth (Sheets). On Portugal's graph show the maximum production per worker of cloth sheets of 100 units on the Y axis. On the X axis show the maximum production of Wine at 150 kegs. For England's graph show the outputs at 90 cloth sheets on the Y axis and 60 Wine kegs on the X axis

Do you have an absolute or comparative advantage in doing something over someone else? Explain in a paragraph of 3 to 5 sentences.

CHOOSE ONLY ONE OPTION FROM EACH PLEASE. Be aware that the numbers in the table reveal the labour HOURS needed to produce ONE unit of the good.

Suppose that in the United States, the opportunity cost of producing a motor engine is 4 auto bodies. In Canada, the opportunity cost of producing a motor engine is 2 auto bodies. a. What is the opportunity cost of producing an auto body for the United States? b. What is the opportunity cost of producing an auto body for Canada? c. Which country has a comparative advantage in the production of auto bodies? d. Which country has a comparative advantage in the production of motor engines? Blank 1 Blank 1

Why is it important that the country or region with the lower opportunity cost produce the good? How would you use the concept of comparative advantage to argue for reducing restrictions on trade between countries?