Topic 3: Comparative Advantage and Gains from Trade

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Why do people trade?

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Why do people trade?

When everyone specializes in the production of goods and services and trades with others, we have more access to more choices and a higher standard of living

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Per unit of opportunity cost=

opportunity cost/units gained

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when calculating opportunity cost we ______ what we _____ ______

give; get down

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absolute advantage

the producer that can produce the most output or requires the lease amount of input/resources

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comparative advantage

the producer with the lowest opportunity cost

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which good should a country specialize in?

the one that is cheaper from them to produce in which they have a lower opportunity cost/comparative advantage.

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Output question

the amount of input are the same but the output of each are different

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OOO

output, other goes, over

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Input question

the amount of output is the same but the input is different

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IOU

input, other goes, under

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Terms of Trade

the agreed upon conditions that benefit both countries

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