Suppose That the Productivity Per Worker in the Good X

question 2

Short Answer

Suppose that the productivity per worker in the Good X and Good Y industries of Country A and Country B are as follows: $\begin{array}{l}\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\underline{\text { Units per day }}\\\begin{array}{lclc} & \underline{\text { Good X }} & &\underline{ \text { Good Y }} \\\text { Country A } & 5 & \text { or } & 2 \\\text { Country B } & ? & \text { or } & 0.5\end{array}\end{array}$
In order for there to be no gains from trade, what would the Country B productivity per worker in the Good X industry need to be?

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Definitions:

Stimulus Generalization

The psychological phenomenon where a response to a specific stimulus becomes triggered by stimuli that are similar in nature.

Conditioned Response

The learned response to a previously neutral stimulus that has become associated with an unconditioned stimulus through classical conditioning.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after association with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Extinction

The gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.