Assume Country a and Country B Each Have the Same

question 8

Multiple Choice

Assume Country A and Country B each have the same amount of resources with which to produce wheat and corn and they produce no other goods.The values in Table 17.2 represent the maximum amount of each good that can be produced.
Table 17.1 - Full-employment output of goods
-Based on the information in Table 17.2,it is clear that:

• A) Country A has a comparative advantage in wheat.
• B) Country B has an absolute advantage in both goods.
• C) Country B has a comparative advantage in both goods.
• D) Country A has an absolute advantage in corn.

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