Sunday, May 17, 2015

Absolute vs. Comparative advantage

Absolute Advantage 

  • Individual
    • exists when a person can produce more of a certain good/service than someone else in the same amount of time
  • National
    • exists when a country can produce more of a good/service than another country can in the same time period

Comparative Advantage

  • Individual/National: exists when an individual or nation can produce a good/service at a lower opportunity cost than can another individual or nation
  • Input Problems
    • where the country who can produce a set amount of something by using the least amount of resources, land, or time has the absolute advantage
    • chosen item / forgone item
  • Output Problems
    • who can produce the product the best
    • what is given up / what is produced

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