PPT-Module 4-”Comparative Advantage and Trade”

Module 4Comparative Advantage and Trade By JASACCO Absolute and Comparative Advantage CountriesIndividuals trade to maximize production specialization is the KEY Absolute Advantage One nation can produce more output with the same quantity of inputs factors of production as the other. A2 Economics. Aims and Objectives. Aim: . Understand the theory of absolute and comparative advantage.. Objectives: . • Define the theory of absolute . and comparative . advantage. .. Analyse the effects of specialisation. International Trade:. Comparative Advantage and Trade Barriers. Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas or the Federal Reserve System.. Terms of Trade. Graph the Following PPCs. Shirts. (millions). Wheat. (millions. of bushels). China. 25. 50. USA. 50. 200. Values represent all resources spent on one good. (the other value is 0). Which country has an absolute advantage in shirts?. License Agreement for Use of Electronic Resources. The illustrations and photographs in this PowerPoint are protected by copyright. Permission to use these materials is strictly limited to educational purposes associated with the course for which you have adopted . The economic resources nations have to produce goods and services are scarce. Decision-makers face trade-offs as the result of scarcity. . The model of the production possibilities frontier is used to analyze the opportunity costs and trade-offs that individuals, firms, or countries face. . OBJECTIVE: SWBAT analyze the benefits of trade.. DO NOW: Why do you think it is important for industrialized countries like the United States of America to trade?. Consider your typical day:. You wake up to an alarm clock made in Korea.. Corn. Wheat. 5. 6. 6. 9. Because the PPF gradients are different, these two countries have different opportunity costs between Corn and Wheat . they will trade!. **Opportunity cost = sacrifice/gain. Lecture 17. Chapter 2, 7. Trade, and Comparative Advantage. 2017 Economics 101 CCC. content. Trade Terminology. Canada and Trade . Production Possibilities Frontier. Comparative & Absolute Advantage. Trade-offs, Comparative Advantage, and the Market System. Sept 28, 2017. 1. 1.1 . Flashback – . Three Key Economic Ideas . We interact with one another in markets.. Market. : A group of buyers and sellers of a good or service and the institution or arrangement by which they come together to trade.. Imagine that you are the manager of a fast-food restaurant. You are outgoing, interact well with customers, and work the cash register proficiently. You are also efficient in the kitchen and can manage several tasks at once, such as making pizzas, preparing salads, and filling drinks. . Comparative Advantage and Trade Barriers. Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas or the Federal Reserve System.. Absolute and Comparative Advantage AP Macroeconomics Coach Saucedo Manvel High School They want goods Think of what we would do without if we didn’t trade. To make money. Nations trade for several reasons An Inquiry in the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (. 1776). “It is a maxim of every prudent mast of a family, never to attempt to make at home what will cost him more to make than to buy. The tailor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does not attempt to make his own clothes but employs a tailor.”. family, never to attempt to make at home . what will cost him more to make than to . buy. The tailor does not attempt to make . his own shoes, but buys them of the . shoemaker. The shoemaker does not .