economics 2010 lecture 4 growth and trade rober martinez-espineira
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Economics 2010Economics 2010
Lecture 4
Growth and Trade
Rober Martinez-EspineiraRober Martinez-Espineira
Growth and TradeGrowth and Trade
QUIZ1 WEEK 5 (Fri OCT 14th)
Growth and TradeGrowth and Trade
Economic growthGains from tradeThe evolution of trading
arrangements
Economic GrowthEconomic Growth
economic growth = expansion of production possibilities
Why do production possibilities expand?
Economic GrowthEconomic Growth
The two key factors that influence economic growth are: technological progress capital accumulation
Determinants of Economic Determinants of Economic GrowthGrowth
Technological progress (development of new and better ways to produce goods and services and development of new goods)
Capital accumulation growth of capital resources
Economic GrowthEconomic Growth
Economic growth in a factory
Install more capital or adopt new technology
Economic GrowthEconomic Growth
Economic growth in a household
Invest in human capital (or other types of capital: buy a washing machine!)
Economic GrowthEconomic Growth
Economic growth in a nation
Invest in new technologies, and capital, including human capital,
Gains from tradeGains from trade
Everyone gains from tradeTrade is not a zero-sum game The source of gain is comparative advantageA person has a comparative advantage in
producing a particular good if that person can produce the good at a lower opportunity cost than anyone else
Gains from tradeGains from trade
Mark can produce jeans or skirts
For Mark, 1 skirt costs 0.5 jeans
Or, 1 pair of jeans costs 2 skirts
Gains from tradeGains from trade
Marjorie can produce jeans or skirts
For Marjorie, 1 skirt costs 0.08 jeans
Or, 1 pair of jeans costs 12.5 skirts
Gains from tradeGains from trade
Let’s look at these two PPFs on a single picture
Suppose each produces the same quantities
Gains from tradeGains from trade
How can they gain from trade?
By specializing in the activity at which they have a comparative advantage
Gains from tradeGains from trade They can now
exchange (trade) jeans and skirts.
Suppose Marjorie sells Mark 12.5 thousand skirts for 2.5 thousand jeans
Gains from tradeGains from trade Mark now gets
skirts at a cost of 0.2 pairs of jeans per skirt
His opportunity cost of producing skirts is 0.5 pairs of jeans per skirt
Gains from tradeGains from trade Marjorie now
gets jeans at a cost of 5 skirts per pair of jeans
Her own opportunity cost of producing jeans is 12.5 skirts per pair of jeans
Gains from tradeGains from trade They each can
operate outside their individual production possibilities frontiers
Evolution of trading arrangementsEvolution of trading arrangements
Note that, just as in the example you have in your book
These gains form a trade apply also when one of the traders has an absolute advantage in the production of both goods relative to the other person!
Liz's opportunity cost ofproducing 1 smoothie is 1 salad.
Liz's opportunity cost of producing 1 salad is 1 smoothie.
Gains from Trade: one person has the absolute Gains from Trade: one person has the absolute advantage at making both goodsadvantage at making both goods
Liz's Smoothie Bar
In an hour, Liz can produce 40 smoothies or 40 salads.
Liz’s customers buy salads and smoothies in equal number, so she produces 20 smoothies and 20 salads an hour.
Joe's opportunity cost ofproducing 1 smoothie is 5 salads.
Joe's opportunity cost ofproducing 1 salad is 1/5 smoothie.
Gains from TradeGains from TradeJoe's Smoothie Bar
In an hour, Joe can produce 6 smoothies or 30 salads.
Joe spends 10 minutes making salads and 50 minutes making smoothies, so he produces 5 smoothies and 5 salads an hour.
Gains from TradeGains from Trade
Liz’s Absolute AdvantageAbsolute advantageWhen one person is more productive than another person in several or even all activities.Liz is four times as productive as Joe—Liz can produce 20 smoothies and 20 salads an hour and Joe can produce only 5 smoothies and 5 salads an hour.
Gains from TradeGains from Trade
Liz’s Comparative AdvantageLiz’s opportunity cost of a smoothie is 1 salad.Joe’s opportunity cost of a smoothie is 5 salads.Liz’s opportunity cost of a smoothie is less than Joe’s, so Liz has a comparative advantage in producing smoothies.
Gains from TradeGains from Trade
Joe’s Comparative AdvantageJoe’s opportunity cost of a salad is 1/5 smoothie.Liz’s opportunity cost of a salad is 1 smoothie.Joe’s opportunity cost of a salad is less than Liz’s, so Joe has a comparative advantage in producing salads.
Gains from TradeGains from Trade
Achieving Gains from Trade
Liz and Joe produce more of the good in which they have a comparative advantage:
• Liz produces 35 smoothies and 5 salads.
• Joe produces 30 salads.
Gains from TradeGains from Trade
Liz and Joe trade:• Liz sells Joe 10 smoothies and
buys 20 salads.• Joe sells Liz 20 salads and
buys 10 smoothies.
After trade:• Liz has 25 smoothies
and 10 salads.• Joe has 25 smoothies
and 10 salads.
Gains from trade:• Liz gains 5 smoothies
and 5 salads an hour—she originally produced 20 smoothies and 20 salads.
• Joe gains 5 smoothies and 5 salads an hour—he originally produced 5 smoothies and 5 salads.
Gains from TradeGains from Trade
Gains From TradeGains From Trade
Joe initially produces at point A on his PPF.
Figure 2.7 shows the gains from trade.
Liz initially produces at point A on her PPF.
Gains From TradeGains From Trade Joe’s opportunity cost of producing a salad is less than
Liz’s. So Joe has a comparative advantage in producing salad.
Gains From TradeGains From Trade Liz’s opportunity cost of producing a smoothie is less
than Joe’s. So Liz has a comparative advantage in producing
smoothies.
Gains From TradeGains From Trade If Joe specializes in producing salad, he produces 30
salads an hour at point B on his PPF.
Gains From TradeGains From Trade If Liz produces 25 smoothies and 5 salad an hour, she
produces at point B on her PPF.
Gains From TradeGains From Trade They exchange salads for smoothies along the red
“Trade line.” The price of a salad is 2 smoothies or the price of a smoothie is ½ of a salad.
Gains From TradeGains From Trade Joe buys smoothies from Liz and moves to point C—a
point outside his PPF. Liz buys salads from Joe and moves to point C—a point
outside her PPF.
Gains From Trade Gains From Trade Dynamic Comparative Advantage
Learning-by-doing occurs when a person (or nation) specializes and by repeatedly producing a particular good or service becomes more productive in that activity and lowers its opportunity cost of producing that good over time.
Dynamic comparative advantage occurs when a person (or nation) gains a comparative advantage from learning-by-doing.
Evolution of trading arrangementsEvolution of trading arrangements
Trade between nations is similar to trade between Mark and Marjorie
Trade among millions of people has evolved social mechanisms and institutions to facilitate that trade markets property rights money
Property rights are social arrangements that regulate the ownership, use and disposal of resources.
A market is any institution that enables buyers and sellers to get information and trade with each other. They help co-ordinate individual decisions through price adjustments.
Key termsKey terms
opportunity cost absolute advantage comparative advantage specialization trade property rights market
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