Exam 3: Interdependence and the Gains From Trade

Figure 3-15 Perry's Production Possibilities Frontier Jordan's Production Possibilities Frontier -Refer to Figure 3-15. If Perry and Jordan each spends all of his/her time producing the good in which s/he has a comparative advantage and trade takes place at a price of 1 novel for 7 poems, then

Figure 3-18 Bintu's Production Possibilities Frontier Juba's Production Possibilities Frontier -Refer to Figure 3-18. If Bintu and Juba switch from each person dividing her time equally between the production of cups and bowls to each person spending all of her time producing the good in which she has a comparative advantage, then total production will increase by

Figure 3-4 Lisa's Production Possibilities Frontier Bryce's Production Possibilities Frontier -Refer to Figure 3-4. If Lisa and Bryce each divides his or her time equally between producing jackets and producing sweaters, then total production is

Table 3-24 Assume that England and Spain can switch between producing cheese and producing bread at a constant rate. -Refer to Table 3-24. England should specialize in the production of

Production possibilities frontiers cannot be used to illustrate tradeoffs.

Figure 3-17 Maxine's Production Possibilities Frontier Daisy's Production Possibilities Frontier -Refer to Figure 3-17. Daisy has an absolute advantage in the production of

Figure 3-23 The graph below represents the various combinations of ham and cheese (in pounds) that the nation of Bonovia could produce in a given month. -Refer to Figure 3-23. In the nation of Cropitia, the opportunity cost of a pound of ham is 0.3 pounds of cheese. Bonovia and Cropitia both can gain from trading with one another if one pound of ham trades for

Differences in opportunity cost allow for gains from trade.

Table 3-21 Assume that Jamaica and Norway can switch between producing coolers and producing radios at a constant rate. The following table shows the number of coolers or number of radios each country can produce in one day. -Refer to Table 3-21. Jamaica and Norway would not be able to gain from trade if Norway's opportunity cost of one radio changed to

Table 3-27 Assume that Huang and Min can switch between producing parasols and producing porcelain plates at a constant rate. -Refer to Table 3-27. The opportunity cost of 1 plate for Min is

Suppose that a worker in Radioland can produce either 4 radios or 1 television per year, and a worker in Teeveeland can produce either 2 radios or 4 televisions per year. Each nation has 100 workers. Also suppose that each country completely specializes in producing the good in which it has a comparative advantage. If Radioland trades 100 radios to Teeveeland in exchange for 100 televisions each year, then each country's maximum consumption of new radios and televisions per year will be

When an economist points out that you and millions of other people are interdependent, he or she is referring to the fact that we all

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Table 3-41 -Refer to Table 3-41. Which country has an absolute advantage in producing radios?

Table 3-34 Assume that Indonesia and India can switch between producing rice and bananas at a constant rate. -Refer to Table 3-34. India's opportunity cost of producing rice is

Figure 3-8 Chile's Production Possibilities Frontier Colombia's Production Possibilities Frontier -Refer to Figure 3-8. If the production possibilities frontiers shown are each for one day of production, then which of the following combinations of coffee and soybeans could Chile and Colombia together make in a given day?

Suppose that in one hour Dewey can produce either 10 bushels of corn or 20 yards of cloth. Dewey's opportunity cost of producing one bushel of corn is 1/2 yard of cloth.

Belarus has a comparative advantage in the production of linen, but Russia has an absolute advantage in the production of linen. If these two countries decide to trade,

Table 3-10 Assume that Japan and Korea can switch between producing cars and producing airplanes at a constant rate. -Refer to Table 3-10. We could use the information in the table to draw a production possibilities frontier for Japan and a second production possibilities frontier for Korea. If we were to do this, measuring airplanes along the horizontal axis, then

Table 3-8 Assume that England and Spain can switch between producing cheese and producing bread at a constant rate. -Refer to Table 3-8. Which of the following combinations of cheese and bread could England not produce in 24 hours?