Suppose that in Australia, producing a tonne of beef takes 10 hour of labour, while producing a
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Suppose that in Australia, producing a tonne of beef takes 10 hour of labour, while producing a shirt takes two hours of labour. In China, producing one tonne of beef takes 40 hours of labour, while producing a shirt takes four hours of labour. What will these nations trade?
a China will export beef, while Australia will export shirts.
b China will export shirts, while Australia will export beef.
c Both nations will export shirts.
d There are no gains from trade in this situation.
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Principles Of Microeconomics [Australia And New Zealand Edition]
ISBN: 9781337408066
6th Edition
Authors: Joshua Gans, Stephen King, Martin Byford, N. Gregory Mankiw
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