Reference no: EM133083910
Consider a world that consists of two countries, Domestic and Foreign, in a Ricardian model setting. Suppose Domestic has L¯D = 100 workers and Foreign has L¯ F = 20 workers. The output that one worker can produce in each country in terms of each good is given in the following table:
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Cloth
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Widgets
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Domestic
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10
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20
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Foreign
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60
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30
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1.1 What is the opportunity cost of cloth in Foreign in terms of widgets?
1.2 Which of the following statements is true?
A Home has a comparative advantage in widgets
B Foreign has a comparative advantage in widgets
C Home has a comparative advantage in widgets and cloth
D Neither country has a comparative advantage in widgets
1.3 What is the total amount of cloth that will be produced in the free-trade equilibrium?
1.4 What is the total number of widgets that will be produced in the free-trade equilibrium?
1.5 All else equal, if Domestic workers become twice as productive, Domestic should:
A Sell cloth to Foreign and buy widgets from Foreign
B Sell widgets to Foreign and buy cloth from Foreign
C Sell cloth and widgets to Foreign
D Buy cloth and widgets from Foreign
E Stop trading with Foreig