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A country with a comparative advantage will produce a product with the lowest opportunity cost.
A country has a comparative advantage when it produces a good or service with the lowest opportunity cost given its resources.
An example illustrating comparative advantage.
Country X either produce 10 shirts or 20 jeans.
- The opportunity cost of producing a shirt = 20 / 10 = 2
- The opportunity cost of producing one jean = 10/20 = 0.5
Country B can either produce 100 units of shirts or 10 jeans.
- The opportunity cost of producing a shirt = 10 / 100 = 0.1
- The opportunity cost of producing one jean = 100 / 10 = 10
Country X has a lower opportunity cost and thus a comparative advantage in the production of jeans and should produce jeans.
Country B has a lower opportunity cost and thus a comparative advantage in the production of shirts and should produce shirts.
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