The following example gives you practice in determining


Question: The following example gives you practice in determining which country has the comparative advantage in the production of two goods, jewelry and fish.

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These numbers represent the hours it takes to catch 1 unit of fish (in tons) and to make 1 unit of jewelry (measured in utes).

a Which country, if any, has the comparative advantage in producing which good? (Hint: you must find the internal opportunity cost of producing each good in each country and then find which country produces which good most cheaply.)

b What "price," or better what range of prices, would be advantageous to both countries such that they would be willing to trade? This price will be in physical units.

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