Answer these questions and then refer to the production possibilities frontier (PPF) as an example: a....

Answer these questions and then refer to the production possibilities frontier (PPF) as an example:

a. What is an economic model?

b. What role do models play in economic analysis?

c. What is the largest potential problem with models?

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Each question is answered along with the reference to the ppf. In each question, after explaining the concept PPf is taken as reference.

Rahul Sunny answered 1 year ago

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