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2: Gains From Trade: Presented By: Zyrene de Leon
2: Gains From Trade: Presented By: Zyrene de Leon
2: GAINS
FROM
TRADE
Presented By: Zyrene De
Leon
Countries usually trade to buy goods that are
produced at a lower cost elsewhere. Countries and
people have different cost of production or different
abilities in producing goods. They can take
advantage of their differences to make themselves
better off.
Gains from trade are the net benefits to an agent
from entering into voluntary trade.
OPPORTUNITY COST
a cost that is measured in terms of what you
give up of some other good. Example, the time
spent producing cars is time taken away from
producing bread and vice versa
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
is when a country produces a good or service for a
lower opportunity cost than other countries.
is an economic term that refers to an economy's
ability to produce goods and services at a lower
opportunity cost than that of trade partners.
gives a company the ability to sell goods and
services at a lower price than its competitors and
realize stronger sales margins.
ABSOLUTE ADVANTAGE
is the ability of an individual, company, region, or
country to produce a greater quantity of a good or
service with the same quantity of inputs per unit
of time, or to produce the same quantity of a good
or service per unit of time using a lesser quantity
of inputs, than another entity that produces the
same good or service.
PRODUCTION POSSIBILITIES CURVE
– Also known as production possibility frontier/
transformation curve.
– Shows the various alternative production
possibilities of two goods that can be produced
with given resources and techniques of
production.
Is a curve which shows combinations of set of two
good which can be produced with the given resources
and technology where the given resources are fully
and efficiently utilized per unit time.
Measures the maximum output of two goods using a
fixed amount of input. The input is any combination
of the four factors of production. They are land and
other natural resources, labor, capital goods and
entrepreneurship. The manufacturer of most goods
requires a mix of all four.