Question

Assume that Luxland and Leanderland specialize and trade in a way that is advantageous for bothof them. Explain what will happen to the number of pretzels that Leanderland can produce.

Answer 1

Question Completion:

Production outputs

                    Luxland    Leanderland

Chips                10                4

Pretzels            10                8

Total output    20               12

Answer:

Assuming that Luxland and Leanderland specialize and trade in a way that is advantageous for both of them, the number of pretzels that Leanderland can produce will be 16.

Explanation:

a) Data and Calculations:

Specialization Output:

                    Luxland    Leanderland

Chips                20                0

Pretzels              0                16

Total output     20                16

b) While it is acknowledged that Luxland has absolute advantage in the production of both chips and pretzels when compared to Leanderland, the total output for both economies, without specialization, remains 32 units (of both chips and pretzels).  When they specialize, Leanderland's output increases to 16 units from 12.  This results in total output of 36 units instead of 32 for both economies.