Principles of Economics 2e
Principles of Economics 2e
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781947172364
Author: Steven A. Greenlaw; David Shapiro
Publisher: OpenStax
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Mexico and the U.S. can produce both shirts and computers as described in following table and displayed in plot.
 
 
 
Mexico
 
US
 
Shirts
 
Computers
 
Shirts
 
Computers
 
Devote all resources to producing shirts
 
12
 
0
 
16
 
0
 
Devote all resources to producing computers
 
0
 
4
 
0
 
16
 
 
 
 
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1. Fill in blanks. Mexico’s opportunity cost of producing 1 computer is shirts. The US’s opportunity cost of producing 1 computer is shirts.
 
2. Choose answer to fill in blank. The US has a comparative advantage in producing (shirts/computers).
 
3. Fill in blanks. The straight-line PPFs reveal (constant/increasing/decreasing) opportunity costs of production implying there (are/are not) diminishing returns to production.
 
4. Fill in blanks. Assume in autarky Mexico consumes 2 computers and the U.S. consumes 6 shirts. This implies that in autarky, Mexico consumes shirts and the US consumes computers.
 
5. If trade occurs at 2 shirts for every computer, and Mexico trades 6 shirts to the US, the US will provide computers in return. This implies Mexico will consume a total of shirts and computers, while the US will consume shirts and computers.
 
6. Fill in the blanks with the relevant numbers. B =  , C =  , D =  , E =  , F =  , G = , H = , I =  , J = , K =  .
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