Table 9-12 Output Per Hour Production and Production

question 56

Multiple Choice

Table 9-12
Output per hour Production and Production
of work Consumption without Trade with Trade
Estonia and Morocco can produce both swords and belts. Each country has a total of 40 available labor hours for the production of swords and belts. Table 9-12 shows the output per hour of work, the production and consumption quantities without trade, and the production numbers with trade.
-Refer to Table 9-12. Which country has an absolute advantage in producing swords?

• A) Estonia
• B) Morocco
• C) both countries
• D) neither country

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Definitions:

Non-zero-sum Games

Situations in game theory where the gain or loss of one participant does not necessarily correlate with the loss or gain of another participant.

Prisoner's Dilemma

A game theory scenario demonstrating why two rational individuals might not cooperate even when it appears that it is in their best interest to do so.

Robert Axelrod

A political scientist known for his work on the theory of cooperation and competition, including the development of the iterated prisoner's dilemma model.

Tit-for-tat

A strategy in game theory where a player responds to an opponent's action with equivalent action, promoting cooperation by rewarding cooperation and punishing defection.