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Graph 3-1 These Figures Illustrate the Production Possibilities Frontiers for Robinson Crusoe

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Graph 3-1   These figures illustrate the production possibilities frontiers for Robinson Crusoe and Friday with 12 hours of labour. -According to Graph 3-1: A) Robinson Crusoe has a comparative advantage in fish, and Friday has a comparative advantage in coconuts B) Robinson Crusoe has a comparative advantage in coconuts, and Friday has a comparative advantage in fish C) Robinson Crusoe has a comparative advantage in fish, and Friday has a comparative advantage in fish D) Robinson Crusoe has a comparative advantage in fish, and Friday has a comparative advantage in neither goods
These figures illustrate the production possibilities frontiers for Robinson Crusoe and Friday with 12 hours of labour.
-According to Graph 3-1:


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Monopolistic Competition

A market structure in which there are many competing producers in an industry, each producer sells a differentiated product, and there is free entry and exit into and from the industry in the long run.

Barriers To Entry

Factors that prevent or hinder new competitors from easily entering an industry or area of business.

Product Differentiation

The attempt by firms to convince buyers that their products are different from those of other firms in the industry. If firms can so convince buyers, they can charge a higher price.

Perfectly Elastic

A situation in economics where the quantity demanded or supplied changes by an infinite amount in response to any change in price; depicted by a horizontal line in price-quantity graphs.

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