Monday, May 18, 2015

Absolute Advantage

Absolute advantage 

- individual 
Exist when a person can produce more of a certain good/ service than someone else in the same amount of time 
-national 
Exist when a country can produce more of a good/service than another country in the same time period

Comparative advantage
-exist when an individual or nation can produce a good/service at a lower opportunity cost than another nation or individual

Input problem vs output problem   

Input- what can be produced using the least amount of resources." Land, or time" 
Chosen item / forgone item 

Output- deals with production. Lowest opportunity cost. 

What they give up/ what is produced 

Absolute advantage - faster 
Comparative - lower opportunity cost 

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