Question

Unit Labor Requirements Cloth Widgets Home 20 10 60 Foreign 30 11) Given the information in the table above A) neither country has a comparative advantage in cloth B) Home has a comparative advantage in cloth. C) Foreign has a comparative advantage in cloth. D) Home has a comparative advantage in both cloth and widgets. E) neither country has a comparative advantage in widgets. 12) Given the information in the table above, if wages were to double in Home, then Home should A) export cloth. B) export widgets. C) export both and import nothing. D) export and import nothing. E) export widgets and import cloth. 13) Given the information in the table above, Home's opportunity cost of cloth is A) 0.5. B) 2.0. C) 6.0. D) 1.5. E) 3.0. 14) Given the information in the table above, Foreign's opportunity cost of widgets is A) 0.5. B) 2.0. C) 6.0. D) 1.5. E) 3.0. 15) Given the information in the table above, if the world equilibrium price of widgets were 4 cloth, then A) both countries could benefit from trade with each other. B) neither country could benefit from trade with each other. C) each country will want to export the good in which it enjoys comparative advantage. D) neither country will want to export the good in which it enjoys comparative advantage. E) both countries will want to specialize in cloth. 16) In a two-product, two-country world, international trade can lead to increases in A) consumer welfare only if output of both products is increased. B) output of both products and consumer welfare in both countries. C) total production of both products but not consumer welfare in both countries. D) consumer welfare in both countries but not total production of both products. 3) prices of both goods in both countries.

Answer 1

1-c because it’s has more comparative advantage of clothes in foreign

2-d because it’s has same ratio.

3-a 0.5

4-e-3.0

5-a

6-e