The opportunity cost of producing Automobiles for
US = 12/4 = 3
Japan = 24/2 =12
US has a comparative advantage in producing Automobiles
The opportunity cost of producing Computers for
US = 4/12 = 0.33
Japan = 2/24 = 0.08
Japan has a comparative advantage in producing Computers
After specialization, US will produce Automobiles to a total of 4*2000 = 8000
and Japan will produce Computers to a total of 24*2000 = 48000
| Automobiles | Computers | |
| US | 6000 | 12000 |
| Japan | 2000 | 36000 |
Assume the table below shows the quantities of automobiles and computers that a worker can produce...
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Suppose that in a year an American worker can produce 60 shirts
or 30 computers and a Chinese worker can produce 60 shirts or 12
computers. There are 1 million workers in each country.
Use the blue line (circle symbol) to graph the production
possibilities frontier (PPF) for the United States, and use the
green line (triangle symbol) to graph the production possibilities
frontier for China.
Suppose that without trade the workers in each country spend
half their time producing...
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