ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780190931919
Author: NEWNAN
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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United Kingdom
Kenya
Price per
Value of
Value of
unit (GBP) output
Оuаntity
Price per
Quantity
unit (KSh)
output
(GBP)
(KSh)
5000 per
75
650,000
Equipment
(millions of
500
unit
units)
Food
500
10 per kg
125
750
(millions of
kg)
Total GDP
(local
currency)
a. If equipment is fully tradable, so that the price in Kenyan shillings (KSh) equals the price
in pounds times the market exchange rate, what is the market exchange rate?
b. Based on its relative price, does it appear that food is tradable? Is it more or less
expensive in Kenya, compared to the UK?
c. Fill in the table above (ignoring cells with "-"). What is the UK's total GDP in GBP?
What is Kenya's total GDP in KSh?
d. What is Kenya's GDP in GBP at market exchange rates?
e. Following the calculations on pp 28-29 of ED, what is Kenya's GDP in pounds
calculated by using UK prices for each individual product and applying that price to
Kenya's quantities (that is, using purchasing power parity [PPP])?
f. Is the value you calculated in part d higher or lower than what you calculated in part c?
Give a one sentence explanation of why this is.
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Transcribed Image Text:United Kingdom Kenya Price per Value of Value of unit (GBP) output Оuаntity Price per Quantity unit (KSh) output (GBP) (KSh) 5000 per 75 650,000 Equipment (millions of 500 unit units) Food 500 10 per kg 125 750 (millions of kg) Total GDP (local currency) a. If equipment is fully tradable, so that the price in Kenyan shillings (KSh) equals the price in pounds times the market exchange rate, what is the market exchange rate? b. Based on its relative price, does it appear that food is tradable? Is it more or less expensive in Kenya, compared to the UK? c. Fill in the table above (ignoring cells with "-"). What is the UK's total GDP in GBP? What is Kenya's total GDP in KSh? d. What is Kenya's GDP in GBP at market exchange rates? e. Following the calculations on pp 28-29 of ED, what is Kenya's GDP in pounds calculated by using UK prices for each individual product and applying that price to Kenya's quantities (that is, using purchasing power parity [PPP])? f. Is the value you calculated in part d higher or lower than what you calculated in part c? Give a one sentence explanation of why this is.
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