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Please help me with my economics homework? 1. The United States and Brazil each produce only...
Please help me with Economics Homework? 3. Great Britain and the United States produce cheddar cheese and blue cheese. Current domestic prices per pound for each type of cheese are given in the following table: Great Britain 210 £20 States Blue cheese $50 Suppose the exchange rate is £1-$1 If the price ratios within each country relect resource use, (1) has a comparative advantage in the production of cheddar cheese. (2)- has a comparative advantage in the producton of blue...
Consider two countries, A and B. Each country produces only two goods with 1,000 production units: Wine and Cheese. Country A can produce 400 bottles of wine or 200 pounds of cheese or any combination of two goods. At the same time, country B can produce 1200 bottles of wine or 300 pounds of cheese or any combination of two goods. Suppose that both countries maximize their utility when they consume wine and cheese in equal proportions. 1. a) Absolute...
Using the same amount of resources, the United States and Canada can both produce lumberjack shirts and lumberjack boots, as shown in the production possibilities frontiers in the figure to the right Canada has a comparsative advantage in producing lumberjack boots. The United States has a comparative advantage in producing lumberjack shirts 26 44PPF.s Does either country have an absolute advantage in producing both goods? A Neither country has an absolute advantage in both goods because Canada can produce more...
Suppose initially that the United States is consuming 2 boots and 18 shirts and Canada is consuming 12 boots and 2 shirts, as indicated in the figure. Then, suppose the United States and Canada specialize by each only producing the good for which they have a comparative advantage and then trade. In particular, suppose the United States trades Canada half of its production for half of what Canada produces.? Using the same amount of resources, the United States and...
The United States will have 0 additional shirt(s) after the trade (enter a numeric response using an integer) and __ additional boot(s). At the same time, Canada will be able to consume ___ additional shirt(s) as a result of the trade and ___ additional boot(s). Homework: Homework Assignment 1 Save Score: 0.57 of 1 pt 12 of 19 (12 complete) HW Score: 60.9%, 11.57 of 19 pts % End of Chapter 2.4 :3Question Help • Using the same amount of...
Problems: 50 points 1. (10 points) Labor Inputs 100 120 Wheat Clothing Country United States Brazil Answer the following: a. Who has the absolute advantage in which good? b. What is the opportunity cost of wheat in the US? in Brazil? c. What is the opportunity cost of clothing in the US? in Brazil? d. Who has the comparative advantage in which good? e. What are the limits of the post-trade relative price of wheat? Suppose the actual post-trade relative...
Assume two countries Argentina and Brazil that produce two goods, corn and wine. Assume that land is specific to corn, capital is specific to wine, and labor is free to move between the two industries. Assume that Brazil has a comparative advantage in corn, and Argentina has a comparative in wine. Brazil and Argentina sign a free trade agreement, and we want to study the consequences of this trade agreement. a) Is it possible that real wages move in opposite...
Use the information in the table, but suppose the number of laborers in the United States is 300, while the number of laborers in Mexico remains the same at 2. a. Determine the terms of trade for the United States. b. Which country gains more from trade? Briefly explain why. Italy France Absolute Advantage Pairs of shoes produced per hour 6 3 ? Bottles of wine produced per hour 2 1 ? Comparative advantage ? ?
Consider a two countries, Portugal and England, that produce two goods, wine and cheese, with only one factor of production, Labor. In England, one unit of labor can produce 2 units of wine or 1 unit of cheese. In Portugal, one unit of labor can produce 3 units of wine or 1/2 of cheese. There are 100 units of labor in Portugal, and 100 in England. Countries share the same tastes, and there is perfect competition. 1) Fill in the...
please answer F too :) Q.4 (18 points) Suppose that Germany and France both produce cheese and wine. The amount of production of the two countries are shown in the following table. Assume that the opportunity cost is constant. Daily production Produce cheese only (pounds) Produce wine only (bottles) Germany 300 1.50 France 150 100 (a) Draw the PPF for Germany. Put cheese on the vertical axis, and wine on the horizontal axis. Indicate the values of both intercepts. (b)...