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3. Gains from trade Consider two neighboring island countries called Bellissima and Dolorium. They each have 4 million labor hours available per week that they can use to produce jeans, rye, or a combination of both. The following table shows the amount of jeans or rye that can be produced using 1 hour of labor. Jeans Rye Country (Pairs per hour of labor) (Bushels per hour of labor) Bellissima 8 16 Dolorium 5 20 Initially, suppose Bellissima uses 1 million hours of labor per week to produce jeans and 3 million hours per week to produce rye, while Dolorium uses 3 million hours of labor per week to produce jeans and 1 million hours per week to produce rye. Consequently, Bellissima produces 8 million pairs of jeans and 48 million bushels of rye, and Dolorium produces 15 million pairs of jeans and 20 million bushels of rye. Assume there are no other countries willing to trade goods, so, in the absence of trade between these two countries, each country consumes the amount of jeans and rye it produces. Bellissima's opportunity cost of producing 1 pair of jeans is 2 bushels * of rye, and Dolorium's opportunity cost of producing 1 pair of jeans is 4 bushels * of rye. Therefore, Bellissima * has a comparative advantage in the production of jeans, and Dolorium * has a comparative advantage in the production of rye. Suppose that each country completely specializes in the production of the good in which it has a comparative advantage, producing only that good. In this case, the country that produces jeans will produce 32 million pairs per week, and the country that produces rye will produce 80 million bushels per week.In the following table, enter each country's production decision on the third row of the table (marked "Production"). Suppose the country that produces jeans trades 18 million pairs of jeans to the other country in exchange for 54 million bushels of rye. In the following table, select the amount of each good that each country exports and imports in the boxes across the row marked "Trade Action, " and enter each country's final consumption of each good on the line marked "Consumption." When the two countries did not specialize, the total production of jeans was 23 million pairs per week, and the total production of rye was 68 million bushels per week. Because of specialization, the total production of jeans has increased by | 9 million pairs per week, and the total production of rye has increased by 12 million bushels per week. Because the two countries produce more jeans and more rye under specialization, each country is able to gain from trade. Calculate the gains from trade-that is, the amount by which each country has increased its consumption of each good relative to the first row of the table. In the following table, enter this difference in the boxes across the last row (marked "Increase in Consumption"). Bellissima Dolorium Jeans Rye Jeans Rye (Millions of pairs) (Millions of bushels) (Millions of pairs) (Millions of bushels) Without Trade Production CO 48 15 20 Consumption 8 48 15 20 With Trade Production 32 0 0 BO Trade action Exports 18 Imports 54 7 Imports 18 Exports 54 7 Consumption 14 54 18 26 Gains from Trade Increase in Consumption 6 6 3 6
