Identical production possibilities frontiers

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Assume two economies that have identical production possibilities frontiers. Show how they can still gain from trade if their populations have different tastes. (Graph 2 different sets of indifferent curves to represent the different tastes, then determine the relative price ratios in each country in the absence of trade. Use combination of words and diagrams.)

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