Please think about the country you have chosen to study this semester as you complete this worksheet.
Worksheet that you will be working on is in the file attached.
The worksheet consists of 5 questions. Read through carefully and provide an answer for each.
Worksheet 1: Understanding Comparative Advantage
Name: Claudia Pena Pesqueira
Your Country: Austrailia
Directions: Complete this worksheet.
Suppose the US can produce
100
shirts or create
50
software programs, and that Honduras can produce 60 shirts or 20 software programs. Graph and label the production possibilities curves below for each country. Assume that the production possibilities curves are linear. (Choose ‘Insert-Shape’ and then choose the line tool to make your graphs.)
Shirts
100
50
50 100 Software
1. What is the opportunity cost of producing a shirt in the US, stated in terms of software programs? (Show how you calculated your answer.)
2. What is the opportunity cost of producing a shirt in Honduras, stated in terms of software programs?
3. Which country has a comparative advantage in shirt production? How do you know?
4. Go to the CIA Fact Book,
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/
Look up your country, and write down three major Exports and three major Imports
Imports: 1)_______________, 2)_____________________, 3)________________
Exports: 1)_______________, 2)_____________________, 3)_________________