Which of the following countries would you expect to have intertemporal production possibilities biased toward current consumption

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Which of the following countries would you expect to have intertemporal production possibilities biased toward current consumption goods, and which biased toward future consumption goods?
a. A country like Argentina or Canada in the last century that has only recently been opened for large-scale settlement and is receiving large inflows of immigrants.
b. A country like the United Kingdom in the late 19th century or the United States today that leads the world technologically but is seeing that lead eroded as other countries catch up.

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International Economics Theory and Policy

ISBN: 978-0273754206

9th Edition

Authors: Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, Marc J. Melitz

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