What happens to a country’s Production Possibilities Frontier
(PPF) if the country faces a war or...
What happens to a country’s Production Possibilities Frontier
(PPF) if the country faces a war or natural disaster such as a
hurricane or an earthquake? Explain
The table below contains the Production Possibilities Frontier
(PPF) data for Country ABC. It contains the maximum possible
combinations of guns and butter that can be produced in a given
period of time:
Units of Guns (thousands)
Units of Butter (kilos)
14
5
11
6
9
8
8
11
A. What is the opportunity cost of moving from producing 9
thousand units of guns to 14 thousand units of guns stated in terms
of 1 unit of guns?
B. Explain...
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?
1a. What is a Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF)? Consider
an economy with only two goods: guns and butter. Show the tradeoff
between the production of guns and the production of butter by
drawing a (bowed outward) PPF (use gun production on the horizontal
axis and butter production on the vertical axis). b. In what ways
does the PPF reflect: i. scarcity and choice; and ii. increasing
opportunity cost? c. How would the PPF be affected by a
technological improvement in...
UNIT 2: PPF, TRADE, SPECIALIZATION
The Production Possibilities Frontier is a
simple economic model used to illustrate a complex economic reality
of productive possibilities of one economy. The PPF is an economic
frontier of maximum production of two (2) goods based on available
resources and the state of technology. The PPF assumes the economy
is using all its resources and is using them efficiently.
Consider this scenario: The U.S. is productive
efficient in its economy. It is highly diversified and...
Explain, in your own words, why the production possibilities
frontier (PPF) is a downward-sloping curve. Also, explain why all
points inside of that curve represent inefficient outcomes.
Draw a market which you believe would represent the market for
a cure to the current Coronavirus. Draw and explain what would
happen to this market if an announcement was made that indicated
the number of confirmed cases doubled over the weekend.
3. As an extension of #3,
how would the approval...
Explain medical care markets at the macroeconomic level using a
production possibilities frontier (ppf) where medical care is
depicted on the vertical axis and all other goods and services are
depicted on the horizontal axis. What is the goal of risk sharing
in medical care markets at the macroeconomic level? Namely, where
do you expect to be producing relative to the ppf you depicted?
1. Briefly explain how we can use the production possibilities frontier (PPF) to explain economic growth .
2. Eunhee works at a bank and receives $30,000 a year as her annual salary. She decided to quit this job and study at a graduate school for 2 years. If she gets admitted to the school, her annual cost of attending school will be the tuition of $9,000