Question

Answer the following question based on the accompanying cost ratios for two products, fish (F) and chicken (C), in the countries of Singsong and Harmony. You may assume that production occurs under conditions of constant costs and that these are the only two nations in the world. Cost ratios: Singsong: 1 F = 2 C: Harmony: 1 F = 4 C. If these two nations specialize based on comparative advantage:
A) Singsong will produce both chicken and fish.
B) Harmony will produce both chicken and fish.
C) Harmony will produce chicken and Singsong will produce fish.
D) Singsong will produce chicken and Harmony will produce fish.
E) Both a. and b. above.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is the option C: Harmony will produce chicken and Singsong will produce fish.

Explanation:

To begin with, the term known as "Comparative Advantage" refers to the situation in where a country or an economic agent will produce more of a good and consume more of it when the fact of producing it will show that the agent has a relatively low cost of opportunity and also because that agent can produce that good at a very low cost in comparison with the other agent.

Once said that, it is understood that Harmony will produce chicken because the country can produce three of it when in comparison with Singsong who can produce only two. And both can produce one of fish so that means that Harmony will produce the good at which it is better and the other the one in that is left.