-Use the Above Table

question 219

Multiple Choice

-Use the above table. Assuming constant opportunity costs, if countries Alpha and Beta specialize based on comparative advantage, then

• A)Alpha should specialize in knives and Beta should specialize in forks.
• B)Alpha should specialize in forks and Beta should specialize in knives.
• C) Alpha should specialize in producing both items.
• D)Beta should produce both items.

Recognize the conditions under which a purely competitive firm will achieve profit maximization or reach a break-even point.

Identify the short-run supply curve of a purely competitive firm and its relation to marginal cost and average variable cost.

Understand the concept of elasticity of demand as it applies to purely competitive markets.

Distinguish between the market demand curve and the demand curve faced by an individual firm in pure competition.

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