Two important industries on the island of Bermuda are fishing and tourism. According to data from the

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Two important industries on the island of Bermuda are fishing and tourism. According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Bermuda Department of Statistics, in 2014 the 315 registered fishermen in Bermuda caught 497 tonnes of marine fish. And the 2 446 people employed by hotels produced 580 209 hotel stays (measured by the number of visitor arrivals). Suppose that this production point is efficient in production. Assume also that the opportunity cost of 1 additional tonne of fish is 2 000 hotel stays and that this opportunity cost is constant (the opportunity cost does not change). 

a. If all 315 registered fishers were to be employed by hotels (in addition to the 2 446 people already working in hotels), how many hotel stays could Bermuda produce?

b. If all 2 446 hotel employees were to become fishers (in addition to the 315 fishermen already working in the fishing industry), how many tonnes of fish could Bermuda produce?

c. Draw a production possibility frontier for Bermuda, with fish on the horizontal axis and hotel stays on the vertical axis, and label Bermuda’s actual production point for the year 2014.

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Opportunity cost is the profit lost when one alternative is selected over another. The Opportunity Cost refers to the expected returns from the second best alternative use of resources that are foregone due to the scarcity of resources such as land,...
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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 978-1319120054

3rd Canadian edition

Authors: Paul Krugman, Robin Wells, Iris Au, Jack Parkinson

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