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Comparative advantage is defined as the ability of the country to produce more and more goods and services at a lower opportunity costs as compared to other countries
Suppose that there are two countries- Country united states and Vietnam. US has absolute advantage in both the goods that is textiles and semiconductors as it produces more of the goods than Vietnam in same number of hours. But is it found that the United states chooses to import textiles because it has comparative advantage in producing semi-conductors which means it has lower opportunity cost in semiconductors. And higher opportunity cost in producing textiles. It means textiles will be produced by Vietnam.
Conclusion: However, the United States chooses to import textiles because the opportunity cost of producing textiles in Vietnam is lower than in the United States
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7. Assume, for Vietnam, that the domestic price of textiles without international trade is lower than...
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Suppose the United Kingdom and Norway both produce ol and fish oil, which are sold for...
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1. Below is production levels of lumber and oll for the United States and Canada. Country...
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Please help me with my economics homework? 1. The United States and Brazil each produce only...
Please help me with my economics homework?
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Suppose initially that the United States is consuming 2 boots and 18 shirts and Canada is...
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...
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).
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Chile and the United States use capital and labor to produce wheat and automobiles. Wheat production is more labor...
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Suppose the United States and Mexico both produce hamburgers and tacos. The combinations of the two...
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Suppose the United Kingdom and Norway both produce ol and fish oil, which are sold for the same prices in both countries. The following table shows combinations of both goods that each country can produce in a day, measured in thousands of barrels, using the same arnaunts of capital arnd labor United K Fish 12 ish 12 Who has the comparative advantage i preducing oil? A. Nelther country has a comperative advantage producing oll because their opportunity costs of producing...
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Please help me with my economics homework?
1. The United States and Brazil each produce only cheese and wine. Domestic prices are given in the following table United States $5 per pound Brazil 8 BRL per pound 15 BRL per bottle Wine $8 per bottle On April 1, the London exchange listed an exchange rate of $1-1 BRL According to the table, (1) production of wine has an absolute advantage in the production of cheese and (2) has an absolute...
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...
Chile and the United States use capital and labor to produce wheat and automobiles. Wheat production is more labor intensive than automobile production. Chile has 200 units of capital and S0 units of labor and United States has 1500 units of capital and 275 units of labor. has more capital and is relatively capital abundant. will export wheat and d. In Chile, the production of e In United States, the price of automobiles Chilean workers should has more labor. is...
Suppose the United States and Mexico both produce hamburgers and tacos. The combinations of the two goods that each country can produce in one day are presented in the table below Mexico Hamburgers in tons) Hamburgers in tons) Tacos (in tons) .888 Which country has an absolute advantage in producing tacos? Which country has a comparative advantage in producing tacos? Suppose the United States is currently producing 120 tons of hamburgers and 30 tons of tacos and Mexico is currently...
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