CMU is a country that produces apples and computers, where computers are capital intensive; CMUs PPF is
Question:
CMU is a country that produces apples and computers, where computers are capital intensive; CMU’s PPF is bowed out (exhibits increasing relative costs); CMU is capital abundant, and the standard H-O assumptions hold. The other country is SVC.
i. Assume further that CMU is a small country. What is the effect on welfare if labour doubles and capital does not change? What if capital doubles and labour does not change? Use offer curves to support your answers.
ii. Now assume that CMU is a large country. Evaluate the impact on welfare, associated with an increase in capital with labour held constant. Use offer curves to support your answers.
Cost Management Measuring, Monitoring and Motivating Performance
ISBN: 978-1119185697
3rd Canadian edition
Authors: Leslie G. Eldenburg, Susan K. Wolcott, Liang-Hsuan Chen, Gail Cook