Which situation is an example of comparative advantage in an international market?
country a decides to grow extra potatoes so they have more to export, while country b does not.
factories in country a can produce the same number of tablets as factories in country b, or the factories in country a could be used to build more laptops than the factories in country b.
country a invests in a new technology while country b chooses to invest in education.
farmland in country a can produce 100 units of rice per acre, while country b can only produce 70 units of rice using the same amount of workers and farmland.

Minneapolis federal reserve bank economist edward prescott estimates the elasticity of the u. s. labor supply to be 3. given this elasticity, what would be the impact of funding the social security program with tax increases on the number of hours worked and on the amount of taxes collected to fund social security?

Atrough in the business cycle occurs when

As a result of a labeling mistake at the chemical factory, a farmer accidentally sprays weedkiller rather than fertilizer on half her land. as a result, she loses half of her productive farmland. if the property of diminishing returns applies to all factors of production, she should expect to seea. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. b. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. c. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor. d. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor.