Friday, May 18, 2018

Comparative and Absolute Advantage

Absolute Advantage 

  • Who can produce more with the same resources
  • Who can produce most output with less resources
  • Example: Produce 100 computers vs 20 computers (Abs Advantage: 100)

Comparative Advantage 

  • Who can produce with the lowest opportunity cost

Productivity

Output

Examples:
  • Ton/Acre
  • Miles/Gal
  • Word/Min
  • Apples/Tree
  • Computers Produced/Hour

Input

Examples:
  • Number of Hours to do a job
  • Number of Gallons of Paint to Paint a house
  • Number of Acres to feed a horse






















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Comparative and Absolute Advantage

Absolute Advantage  Who can produce more with the same resources Who can produce most output with less resources Example: Produce 100...