Consider an economy that produces only steel and wheat where it requires 20 units of labour and
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Consider an economy that produces only steel and wheat where it requires 20 units of labour and 1 unit of land to produce a ton of steel while it requires 5 units of labour and 1 unit of land to produce a ton of wheat. Suppose that the price of steel is $750/ton and the price of wheat is $300/ton. Also, consider that the economy's total resources are initially 1200 hours of labour and 90 units of land.
- Draw the production possibility frontier with steel on the vertical axis and wheat on the horizontal axis.
- Write down the unit cost of producing one ton of steel and one ton of wheat as a function of the hourly wage rate (w) and the rental rate (r). In a competitive market, these costs will be equal to the prices of steel and rice. Solve for the factor prices w and r.
- Suppose PS increases to $900/ton (from the initial situation). State and prove the Stolper-Samuelson theorem.
- Now suppose that the labor supply increases to 1,500 hours. State and prove the Rybczynski theorem.
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