In other words, opportunity cost subtracts the cost of the chosen outcome from the cost of the outcome that a company could have chosen. d. Everyone who wants a good or service can have it. At this point, Econ Isle can produce 12 units of gadgets and 0 widgets. Ceteris paribus, if the price of steel rises, then: It illustrates the production possibilities model. Two things could leave an economy operating at a point inside its production possibilities curve. A decrease in the price of perfume Plant S has a comparative advantage in producing radios, so, if the firm goes from producing 150 calculators and no radios to producing 100 radios, it will produce them at Plant S. In the production possibilities curve for both plants, the firm would be at M, producing 100 calculators at Plant R. Principles of Economics by University of Minnesota is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. a. Let's increase widget production in increments of 2 again until only widgets and no gadgets are produced. When the frontier line itself moves, economic growth is under way. Had the firm based its production choices on comparative advantage, it would have switched Plant 3 to snowboards and then Plant 2, so it would have operated at point C. It would be producing more snowboards and more pairs of skisand using the same quantities of factors of production it was using at B. c. There will be a movement to the right along the initial demand curve Production on the production possibilities curve ABCD requires that factors of production be transferred according to comparative advantage. a. Inefficient production implies that the economy could be producing more goods without using any additional labor, capital, or natural resources. Figure 2.6 Production Possibilities for the Economy. To find this quantity, we add up the values at the vertical intercepts of each of the production possibilities curves in Figure 2.4 Production Possibilities at Three Plants. The bowed-out shape of the production possibilities curve illustrates the law of increasing opportunity cost. As a result, producing the good is associated with greater and greater -. Increase and the equilibrium quantity of ice cream to decrease. To shift from B to B, Alpine Sports must give up two more pairs of skis per snowboard. Here's widget production increased by another 2. In this case we have categories of goods rather than specific goods. According to the law of increasing opportunity costs, ? We see in Figure 2.5 The Combined Production Possibilities Curve for Alpine Sports that, beginning at point A and producing only skis, Alpine Sports experiences higher and higher opportunity costs as it produces more snowboards. Would you be able to consume what you consume now? Means a shortage or surplus will result from holding prices constant. The shape of the PPF depends on whether there are increasing, decreasing, or constant costs. c. An increase in the demand for corn syrup. c. Income Producers increase supply. The steeper the curve, the greater the opportunity cost of an additional snowboard. If Econ Isle transitions from widget production to gadget production, it must give up an increasing number of widgets to produce the same number of gadgets. A decrease in the demand for corn syrup. In this example, production moves to point B, where the economy produces less food (FB) and less clothing (CB) than at point A. Instead, it lays out the possibilities facing the economy. First, remember that opportunity cost is the value of the next-best alternative when a decision is made; it's what is given up. The production-possibilities curve between tanks and automobiles will shift outward. Factors of production; final goods and services b. 1. C. A technological advance a. The points on a production-possibilities curve show: d. Producing equal amounts of all goods. c. Inefficient incentives The fact that the opportunity cost of additional snowboards increases as the firm produces more of them is a reflection of an important economic law. d. Both the price and quantity decrease. Since we have assumed that the economy has a fixed quantity of available resources, the increased use of resources for security and national defense necessarily reduces the number of resources available for the production of other goods and services. Producing 1 additional snowboard at point B requires giving up 2 pairs of skis. C. Inefficient incentives The opportunity cost of an additional snowboard at each plant equals the absolute values of these slopes (that is, the number of pairs of skis that must be given up per snowboard). Getting the most goods and services from the available resources. Second, it might not allocate resources on the basis of comparative advantage. With all three plants producing only snowboards, the firm is at point D on the combined production possibilities curve, producing 300 snowboards per month and no skis. The slopes of the production possibilities curves for each plant differ. c. The changing relationship between the two variables. As the economy transitions from gadgets to widgets, the gadget workers best suited to widget production would transition first, then the workers less suited, and finally the workers not at all well suited to widget production. What can Americans do to influence the economic goals of the nation? Which of the following is not a macroeconomic statement? c. A decrease in the demand for airline tickets. Lower income. Here's where the curved frontier line comes in. More teenagers enter the labor force Points within the frontier indicate resources that are underemployed. The gains we achieve through specialization are enormous. Once again, this is made possible because of trade-offs. Suppose further that all three plants are devoted exclusively to ski production; the firm operates at A. c. There will be a leftward movement along the initial supply curve for monkey wrenches. b. The table shows the combinations of pairs of skis and snowboards that Plant 1 is capable of producing each month. As for the benefits packages received by employees from the employers, approximately 33% are . c. Other things remain equal. Explain the concept of the production possibilities curve and understand the implications of its downward slope and bowed-out shape. A decrease in the size of the labor force, Which of the following is an example of government failure? Expectations smaller amounts (it is increasing at a decreasing rate). b. output is produced. Alpine Sports can thus produce 350 pairs of skis per month if it devotes its resources exclusively to ski production. In drawing the production possibilities curve, we shall assume that the economy can produce only two goods and that the quantities of factors of production and the technology available to the economy are fixed. The law of increasing opportunity cost states that when firms decide to make additional units of a certain product by reallocating resources, they do that at a higher opportunity cost than the previous production. We begin at point A, with all three plants producing only skis. Up to this point we've graphed the PPF as a straight line. People work and use the income they earn to buyperhaps importgoods and services from people who have a comparative advantage in doing other things. Its downwards slope reflects scarcity. Scarcity implies that a production possibilities curve is downward sloping; the law of increasing opportunity cost implies that it will be bowed out, or concave, in shape. The level of inflation in the economy. Intermediate goods; final goods and services A. an increase in the working-age population d. Jenny's wage rate rose and, in response, she decided to work more hours. Figure 2.4 Production Possibilities at Three Plants shows production possibilities curves for each of the firms three plants. will cause the equilibrium price for jelly to: b. c. Market participation allows individuals to specialize and, ultimately, consume more. In material terms, the forgone output represented a greater cost than the United States would ultimately spend in World War II. For example, there might be a trade-off between hunting for rabbits or gathering berries. a. A decrease in the demand for pens. a. a. An increase in the demand for airline tickets. The curve is a downward-sloping straight line, indicating that there is a linear, negative relationship between the production of the two goods. Individual consumers supply ____ and purchase ____. Suppose a manufacturing firm is equipped to produce radios or calculators. In 2007 a company sold 35,000 MP3 players at $150 each. The absolute value of the slope of any production possibilities curve equals the opportunity cost of an additional unit of the good on the horizontal axis. c. The market demand curve intersects the y-axis. The bowed-out curve of Figure 2.4 becomes smoother as we include more production facilities. Had the firm based its production choices on comparative advantage, it would have switched Plant 3 to snowboards and then Plant 2, so it could have operated at a point such as C. It would be producing more snowboards and more pairs of skisand using the same quantities of factors of production it was using at B. An Emerging Consensus: Macroeconomics for the Twenty-First Century, 33.1 The Nature and Challenge of Economic Development, 33.2 Population Growth and Economic Development, 34.1 The Theory and Practice of Socialism, 34.3 Economies in Transition: China and Russia, Appendix A.1: How to Construct and Interpret Graphs, Appendix A.2: Nonlinear Relationships and Graphs without Numbers, Appendix A.3: Using Graphs and Charts to Show Values of Variables, Appendix B: Extensions of the Aggregate Expenditures Model, Appendix B.2: The Aggregate Expenditures Model and Fiscal Policy. Figure 2.5 The Combined Production Possibilities Curve for Alpine Sports. d. Works because prices serve as a means of communication between consumers and producers. The demand curve will shift to the left to create equilibrium. Assume that pencils and pens are substitutes. a. Public-goods market. For example, many Econ Isle workers are likely very productive gadget makers. 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