Date: Topic: Production Possibilities & Opportunity Cost 1. The slope of the production possibility frontier shows A. the technically efficient combinations of the two goods B. how factor inputs must be changed to keep them fully employed C. the opportunity cost of one good in terms of the other D. how consumers are willing to trade one good for another 2. A. OM B. OH C. YF D. MH 3. Which of the following will not shift a country’s production possibilities frontier outward? A.
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Outline how the production possibility frontier can be used to demonstrate opportunity cost and examine how the effects of unemployment and technical change on production in the economy. A production possibility frontier is a basic model that can examine the efficiency of an economy’s resource use‚ irrespective of the wants of that economy. A production possibility frontier is the simplest tool usable to demonstrate opportunity cost‚ at all possible combinations of two goods in production‚ the extremes
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macroeconomics known as the Production Possibility Frontier is simple to understand. It is a method used to represent (in the form of a graph) the point in which an economy is producing its goods and services with efficiency. It also shows whether the economy is allocating their resources in the best way possible. If the economy is not producing the quantities indicated by the PPF‚ resources are not being managed efficiently and the production will decrease. The production possibility frontier also shows that
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Production-possibility frontier In economics‚ a production-possibility frontier (PPF) or “transformation curve” is a graph that shows the different quantities of two goods that an economy (or agent) could efficiently produce with limited productive resources. Points along the curve describe the trade-off between the two goods‚ that is‚ the opportunity cost. Opportunity cost here measures how much an additional unit of one good costs in units forgone of the other good. The curve illustrates that
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Question 2 Show the PPF curve under decreasing and increasing returns to labour. The Production possibility frontier analyses the most efficient use of company resources to achieve different levels of production of output. Labour is one of the variables factors of production. One unique feature of the PPF is that one alternative is usually foregone in order to maximize the production of another product‚ for example‚ in a refinery a manager may decide to deploy more human resources to produce more lubricant
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ASSIGNMENT No. 1 ECONOMIC ANALYSIS -522- SPRING 2010 Q. 1 DISCUSS IN DETAIL THE TERM ECONOMIC RESOURCES WITH REFERENCE TO SERVICE INDUSTRY. EXPLAIN THE LINK BETWEEN SCARCITY‚ CHOICE AND OPPORTUNITY COST. Ans: ECONOMIC RESOURCES are the assets (things of value) which an economy (or business) may have available to supply and produce goods and services to meet the ever-changing needs and wants of individuals (in the case of a business) and society (in the case of society as a whole.) REA (Resources
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What is Production Possibility Frontier? Introduction Microeconomics is a branch of economics dealing with the behaviour of small individual players who impact the decision makers while allocation of resources. Microeconomics and macroeconomics are the major branches of economics. Microeconomics covers the relation of supply and demand with the price and output. Production Possibility frontier is also called as production-possibility boundary‚ production-possibility curve or product transformation
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[pic] Scarcity‚ Choice and Opportunity Cost 1. What are resources? Describe two different types of resources. Resources are anything provided by nature or previous generations that can be used directly or indirectly to satisfy human wants. Capital resources include machinery‚ equipment‚ and structures used to produce other goods and services. Human resources include labor‚ skills‚ and knowledge. Products of nature can also be used as resources. Difficulty: E
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to have expanded across country boundaries in an attempt to satisfy those demands for resources and in doing so have fuelled globalisation. Economists study the what (output)‚ the how (techniques of output) and incomes (for whom) across and between countries. In doing so‚ they have come to find that world production is likely to be geared towards satisfying consumer demand in the countries that have the resources and can pay – the wealthy countries. Dangers don’t just include the generation
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Opportunity cost is often to be determined when coming across decision-making. Throughout this essay‚ the term ‘opportunity cost’ will be reviewed in the case of pregnant women staying home during their maternity leave. The essay will be divided into 3 part. Firstly‚ concept of opportunity cost will be defined and explained with daily examples. It will then go on investigating both the opportunity cost and benefits of mothers staying home during their maternal leave. Finally‚ several advices will
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