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ECON100: Economic Essentials for Business

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Added on  2021-03-15

ECON100: Economic Essentials for Business

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ECON100 Answers for Tutorial Submission1. Draw a production possibility frontier showing the trade-off between the production of wheat and the production of barley.a). Show the effect that a prolonged drought would have on the initial production possibility frontier.Answer: The production possibility frontier in figure below are bowed to the right from the origin because of increasing marginal opportunity costs. The drought causes the PPF to shift to the left.b). Suppose genetic modification makes barley resistant to insects, allowing yields to double. Show the effect of this technological change on the initial production possibility frontier.Answer: The genetic modification will shift to the right the maximum barley production, but not the maximum wheat production.2. What is absolute advantage? What is comparative advantage? Is it possible for a country to
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