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1、Chapter21.Homehas1200unitsoflaboravailable.Itcanproducetwogoods,applesandbananas.Theunitlaborrequirementinappleproductionis3,whileinbananaproductionitis2.a.Graphouttheproductionpossibilitiesfrontier:b.Whatistheopportunitycostofapplesintermsofbananas?c.Intheabsenceoftrade,whatwouldthepriceofappl
2、esintermsofbananasbe?Intheabsenceoftrade,sincelaboristheonlyfactorofproductionandsupplydecisionsaredeterminedbytheattemptsofindividualstomaximizetheirearningsinacompetitiveeconomy,onlywhenwillbothgoodsbeproduced.So2.Homeisasdescribedinproblem1.Thereisnowalsoanothercountry,Foreign,withalaborforc
3、eof800.Foreign’sunitlaborrequirementinappleproductionis5,whileinbananaproductionitis1.a.GraphForeign’sproductionpossibilitiesfrontier:b.Constructtheworldrelativesupplycurve.3.Nowsupposeworldrelativedemandtakesthefollowingform:Demandforapples/demandforbananas=priceofbananas/priceofapples.a.Graph
4、therelativedemandcurvealongwiththerelativesupplycurve:∵Whenthemarketachievesitsequilibrium,wehave∴RDisahyperbolab.Whatistheequilibriumrelativepriceofapples?TheequilibriumrelativepriceofapplesisdeterminedbytheintersectionoftheRDandRScurves.RD:RS:∴∴c.Describethepatternoftrade.∵∴Inthistwo-countryw
5、orld,Homewillspecializeintheappleproduction,exportapplesandimportbananas.Foreignwillspecializeinthebananaproduction,exportbananasandimportapples.d.ShowthatbothHomeandForeigngainfromtrade.InternationaltradeallowsHomeandForeigntoconsumeanywherewithinthecoloredlines,whichlieoutsidethecountries’pro
6、ductionpossibilityfrontiers.Andtheindirectmethod,specializinginproducingonlyoneproductionthentradewithothercountry,isamoreefficientmethodthandirectproduction.Intheabsenceoftrade,Homecouldgainthreebananasbyforegoingtwoapples,andForeigncouldgainbyoneforegoingfivebananas.Tradeallowseachcountrytotr
7、adetwobananasforoneapple.HomecouldthengainfourbananasbyforegoingtwoappleswhileForeigncouldgainoneapplebyforegoingonlytwobananas.SobothHomeandForeigngainfromtrade.4.Supposethatinsteadof1200workers,Homehad2400.Findtheequilibriumrela