LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE A comparative advantage occurs

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LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE A comparative advantage occurs when one person or producer can

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE A comparative advantage occurs when one person or producer can produce at a lower opportunity cost than another person or producer. Opportunity cost is the highest-valued alternative that is given up when a choice is made. 26 -1 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Who Should Do What? Worker Salads Pizzas Nino 36 9

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Who Should Do What? Worker Salads Pizzas Nino 36 9 Tony 12 6 26 -2 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Who Should Do What? 1. Nino’s opportunity cost of producing

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Who Should Do What? 1. Nino’s opportunity cost of producing 9 pizzas is 36 salads. Therefore, his opportunity cost of producing 1 pizza is 4 salads. 2. Tony’s opportunity cost of producing 6 pizzas is 12 salads. Therefore, his opportunity cost of producing 1 pizza is 2 salads. 3. Nino’s opportunity cost of preparing 36 salads is 9 pizzas. Therefore, his opportunity cost of preparing 1 salad is 1/4 of a pizza. 4. Tony’s opportunity cost of preparing 12 salads is 6 pizzas. Therefore, his opportunity cost of preparing 1 salad is 1/2 of a pizza. 26 -3 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Who Should Do What? 5. Who has the lower opportunity

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Who Should Do What? 5. Who has the lower opportunity cost for making pizzas? Tony 6. Who has the lower opportunity cost for preparing salads? Nino 7. Who has the comparative advantage in producing pizzas? Tony Salads? Nino 8. How will specialization affect the running of the pizza shop? Tony will specialize in pizzas and Nino will specialize in salads. 26 -4 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country A 26 -5 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country A 26 -5 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country A 26 -6 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country A 26 -6 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Production Possibilities Frontier A table or graph that shows the

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Production Possibilities Frontier A table or graph that shows the full employment capacity of an economy in the form of possible combinations of two goods, or two bundles of goods, that could be produced with a given amount of productive resources and level of technology. 26 -7 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country B 26 -8 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country B 26 -8 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country B 26 -9 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country B 26 -9 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Absolute Advantage • The ability to produce more units of

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Absolute Advantage • The ability to produce more units of a good or service than some other producer, using the same quantity of resources. • When a worker in one country can produce more of a good than a worker in another country. 26 -10 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country A 1. What is the opportunity cost of producing

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country A 1. What is the opportunity cost of producing 4 cellphones? 4 microwave ovens 2. What is the opportunity cost of producing 1 cellphone? 1 microwave oven 3. What is the opportunity cost of producing 4 microwave ovens? 4 cellphones 4. What is the opportunity cost of producing 1 microwave oven? 1 cellphone 26 -11 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country B 5. What is the opportunity cost of producing

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Country B 5. What is the opportunity cost of producing 1 cellphone? 3 microwave ovens 6. What is the opportunity cost of producing 3 microwave ovens? 1 cellphone 7. What is the opportunity cost of producing 1 microwave oven? 1/3 of a cellphone 8. Which country has the lower opportunity cost of producing cellphones? Country A Microwave ovens? Country B 26 -12 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Specialization and Trade Cheese Wheat United States 3 12 France

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Specialization and Trade Cheese Wheat United States 3 12 France 2 4 26 -13 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Specialization and Trade United States B C 100 200 Cheese

LESSON 26 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE Specialization and Trade United States B C 100 200 Cheese A 0 Wheat 1200 800 400 0 A 0 400 France B 50 300 C 100 200 D 200 0 Cheese Wheat D 300 26 -14 HIGH SCHOOL ECONOMICS 3 RD EDITION © COUNCIL FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, NEW YORK, NY

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