5. Use the information given here to answer the following questions: Manufacturing: Sales revenue = PM

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5. Use the information given here to answer the following questions:

Manufacturing:

Sales revenue = PM • QM = 150 Payments to labor = W • LM = 100 Payments to capital = RK • K = 50 Agriculture:

Sales revenue = PA • QA = 150 Payments to labor = W • LA = 50 Payments to land = RT • T = 100 Holding the price of manufacturing constant, suppose the increase in the price of agriculture is 10% and the increase in the wage is 5%.

a. Determine the impact of the increase in the price of agriculture on the rental on land and the rental on capital.

b. Explain what has happened to the real rental on land and the real rental on capital.

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International Trade

ISBN: 9781429278447

3rd Edition

Authors: Robert C. Feenstra, Alan M. Taylor

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