Suppose Plant 1 is producing 100 pairs of skis and 50 snowboards per month at point B. A. an increase in the working-age population b. b. An economys factors of production are scarce; they cannot produce an unlimited quantity of goods and services. b. In drawing production possibilities curves for the economy, we shall generally assume they are smooth and bowed out, as in Panel (b). If an economy is producing inside the production-possibilities curve, then: Some workers are without jobs, some buildings are without occupants, some fields are without crops. The opportunity cost of the first 200 pairs of skis is just 100 snowboards at Plant 1, a movement from point D to point C, or 0.5 snowboards per pair of skis. If the firm wishes to increase snowboard production, it will first use Plant 3, which has a comparative advantage in snowboards. The slope equals 2 pairs of skis/snowboard (that is, it must give up two pairs of skis to free up the resources necessary to produce one additional snowboard). Getting the most goods and services from the available resources 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. It loses the opportunity to produce 2 gadgets. c. Eliminates market failures created by government. In reality, however, opportunity cost doesn't remain constant. c. Karl Marx. That would bring ski production to 300 pairs, at point B. Figure 2.4 Production Possibilities at Three Plants. There, 50 pairs of skis could be produced per month at a cost of 100 snowboards, or an opportunity cost of 2 snowboards per pair of skis. Have the most political power. The opportunity cost of moving from . c. Experiencing decreasing opportunity costs. Airports around the world hired additional agents to inspect luggage and passengers. B. Nations specialize as well. Here's widget production increased by another 2. Given the labor and the capital available at both plants, it can produce the combinations of the two goods at the two plants shown. First, the economy might fail to use fully the resources available to it. b. The production of both goods rises. a. The equilibrium price in a market is found where: When an economy is producing efficiently it is: a. If it fails to do that, it will operate inside the curve. one airline if the other one goes out of business? Lower income. Want to create or adapt books like this? Comparative advantage thus can stem from a lack of efficiency in the production of an alternative good rather than a special proficiency in the production of the first good. c. Decreasing opportunity costs will occur with greater automobile production. Markets have to have both a demand side and a supply side. The production-possibilities curve never shifts. Now to draw the PPF, create the x and y-axis, like the ones in the video. However, a straight line doesn't best reflect how the real economy uses resources to produce goods. Results from a change in price of other goods. d. Every market transaction involves an exchange of dollars for goods or resources. Two things could leave an economy operating at a point inside its production possibilities curve. In applying the model, we assume that the economy can produce two goods, and we assume that technology and the factors of production available to the economy remain unchanged. 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. c. Percentage change in y coordinates between two points divided by the percentage change in their x coordinates. The law of increasing opportunity cost holds that as an economy moves along its production possibilities curve in the direction of producing more of a particular good, the opportunity cost of additional units of that good will increase. The negative slope of the production possibilities curve reflects the scarcity of the plants capital and labor. b. An economy that is operating inside its production possibilities curve could, by moving onto it, produce more of all the goods and services that people value, such as food, housing, education, medical care, and music. At point A, Alpine Sports produces 350 pairs of skis per month and no snowboards. We have seen the law of increasing opportunity cost at work traveling from point A toward point D on the production possibilities curve in Figure 2.5 The Combined Production Possibilities Curve for Alpine Sports. d. Percentage change in x coordinates between two points divided by the percentage change in their y coordinates. b. Finished goods are bought and sold. Question: According to the law of increasing opportunity costs, A. Expectations a. Assume that steel is used to produce monkey wrenches. A decrease in the demand for pens. d. No change in the supply of or demand for airline tickets because the price is not changing right now. d. From 2007 to 2008 the demand curve for MP3 players was upward sloping because of improved technology. c. An increase in income This production possibilities curve includes 10 linear segments and is almost a smooth curve. The bowed-out production possibilities curve for Alpine Sports illustrates the law of increasing opportunity cost. Because the production possibilities curve for Plant 1 is linear, we can compute the slope between any two points on the curve and get the same result. Suppose that Alpine Sports is producing 100 snowboards and 150 pairs of skis at point B. According to the law of increasing opportunity costs: a. a. The second plant, while smaller than the first, was designed to produce snowboards as well as skis. b. Alpine thus gives up fewer skis when it produces snowboards in Plant 3. Draw the production possibilities curve for Plant R. On a separate graph, draw the production possibilities curve for Plant S. Which plant has a comparative advantage in calculators? Each of the plants, if devoted entirely to snowboards, could produce 100 snowboards. A linear function can be distinguished by: d. Decrease and the equilibrium quantity of ice cream to decrease. The bowed-out curve of Figure 2.5 The Combined Production Possibilities Curve for Alpine Sports becomes smoother as we include more production facilities. A decrease in the size of the labor force Producing a combination of goods and services beyond the production-possibilities curve. The resources to be used in the production process and for whom the output is produced. Which of the following is When economists talk about "optimal outcomes" in the marketplace, they mean that: Here, the opportunity cost is lowest at Plant 3 and greatest at Plant 1. Lower equilibrium price. If you have difficulty accessing this content due to a disability, please contact us at 314-444-4662 or economiceducation@stls.frb.org. Could it still operate inside its production possibilities curve? The slope of a curve at any point is given by the formula, the: There, 50 pairs of skis could be produced per month at a cost of 100 snowboards, or an opportunity cost of 2 snowboards per pair of skis. d. Is one that allows trade with other countries. b. An economy achieves a point on its production possibilities curve only if it allocates its factors of production on the basis of comparative advantage. The law also applies as the firm shifts from snowboards to skis. C. perfume? 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. Its resources were fully employed; it was operating quite close to its production possibilities curve. The goods and services that maximize profits for businesses. The plant for which the opportunity cost of an additional snowboard is greatest is the plant with the steepest production possibilities curve; the plant for which the opportunity cost is lowest is the plant with the flattest production possibilities curve. Individual consumers supply ____ and purchase ____. The slopes of the production possibilities curves for each plant differ. The result is a far greater quantity of goods and services than would be available without this specialization. Her opportunity cost of buying candy bars. You must produce everything you consume; you obtain nothing from anyone else. d. Higher equilibrium quantity. Explain the difficulty in managing working capital. Consumers increase demand. Here, an economy that can produce two categories of goods, security and all other goods and services, begins at point A on its production possibilities curve. o Higher opportunity costs induce higher output per unit of This problem has been solved! b. Suppose Alpine Sports expands to 10 plants, each with a linear production possibilities curve. a. d. Are willing to pay the highest price. b. The reason for the law of increasing opportunity cost is due to the fact that some resources are not well suited for Suppose that, as before, Alpine Sports has been producing only skis. Plant 3 would be the last plant converted to ski production. The governor of Hong Kong, with its huge population and tiny endowment of land, allocates virtually none of its land to agricultural use; that option would be too costly. Assume peanut butter and jelly are complements. Suppose further that all three plants are devoted exclusively to ski production; the firm operates at A. In Plant 2, she must give up one pair of skis to gain one more snowboard. A lower quantity demanded of a good reflects, ceteris paribus: Our final lesson focuses on the shape of the frontier line. c. Final goods and services; factors of production The opportunity cost of skis at Plant 2 is 1 snowboard per pair of skis. Price. c. Decrease and the equilibrium quantity of ice cream to increase. Suppose an economy fails to put all its factors of production to work. c. Government purchases decrease. c. Through government mandate. Its land is devoted largely to nonagricultural use. The demand curve will shift to the left This spending took a variety of forms. We often think of the loss of jobs in terms of the workers; they have lost a chance to work and to earn income. Lesson 5: The law of increasing opportunity cost: As you increase the production of one good, the opportunity cost to produce the additional good will increase. a. A consequence of the economic problem of scarcity is that: With respect to factors of production, which of the following statements is not true? d. The government is allocating resources inefficiently. To see this relationship more clearly, examine Figure 2.3 The Slope of a Production Possibilities Curve. Is justified by the superiority of laissez faire over government intervention. Could an economy that is using all its factors of production still produce less than it could? B. b. Once again, this is made possible because of trade-offs. d. The set of goods and services that maximizes their utility. In our example, all three plants are equally good at snowboard production. Means a shortage or surplus will result from holding prices constant. The U.S. economy looked very healthy in the beginning of 1929. d. Everyone who wants a good or service can have it. According to the law of demand, during a given period of time, the quantity of a good demanded: c. A technological advance Thus, the economy chose to increase spending on security in the effort to defeat terrorism. Between points A and B, for example, the slope equals 2 pairs of skis/snowboard (equals 100 pairs of skis/50 snowboards). Plant 3 has a comparative advantage in snowboard production because it is the plant for which the opportunity cost of additional snowboards is lowest. 2.3 Applications of the Production Possibilities Model, 4.2 Government Intervention in Market Prices: Price Floors and Price Ceilings, 5.2 Responsiveness of Demand to Other Factors, 7.3 Indifference Curve Analysis: An Alternative Approach to Understanding Consumer Choice, 8.1 Production Choices and Costs: The Short Run, 8.2 Production Choices and Costs: The Long Run, 9.2 Output Determination in the Short Run, 11.1 Monopolistic Competition: Competition Among Many, 11.2 Oligopoly: Competition Among the Few, 11.3 Extensions of Imperfect Competition: Advertising and Price Discrimination, 14.1 Price-Setting Buyers: The Case of Monopsony, 15.1 The Role of Government in a Market Economy, 16.1 Antitrust Laws and Their Interpretation, 16.2 Antitrust and Competitiveness in a Global Economy, 16.3 Regulation: Protecting People from the Market, 18.1 Maximizing the Net Benefits of Pollution, 20.1 Growth of Real GDP and Business Cycles, 22.2 Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply: The Long Run and the Short Run, 22.3 Recessionary and Inflationary Gaps and Long-Run Macroeconomic Equilibrium, 23.2 Growth and the Long-Run Aggregate Supply Curve, 24.2 The Banking System and Money Creation, 25.1 The Bond and Foreign Exchange Markets, 25.2 Demand, Supply, and Equilibrium in the Money Market, 26.1 Monetary Policy in the United States, 26.2 Problems and Controversies of Monetary Policy, 26.3 Monetary Policy and the Equation of Exchange, 27.2 The Use of Fiscal Policy to Stabilize the Economy, 28.1 Determining the Level of Consumption, 28.3 Aggregate Expenditures and Aggregate Demand, 30.1 The International Sector: An Introduction, 31.2 Explaining InflationUnemployment Relationships, 31.3 Inflation and Unemployment in the Long Run, 32.1 The Great Depression and Keynesian Economics, 32.2 Keynesian Economics in the 1960s and 1970s, 32.3. (Many students are helped when told to read this result as 2 pairs of skis per snowboard.) We get the same value between points B and C, and between points A and C. Figure 2.2 A Production Possibilities Curve. The attempt to provide it requires resources; it is in that sense that we shall speak of the economy as producing security. What can Americans do to influence the economic goals of the nation? The supply curve for monkey wrenches will shift to the left. As we combine the production possibilities curves for more and more units, the curve becomes smoother. In 2007 a company sold 35,000 MP3 players at $150 each. Bureaucratic delays players at $170 each. When an economy is operating on its production possibilities curve, we say that it is engaging in efficient production. Now suppose the firm decides to produce 100 snowboards. First, remember that opportunity cost is the value of the next-best alternative when a decision is made; it's what is given up. Greater regulation to correct the imbalances in the economy, as well government intervention to maintain full In turn, movement from a point of underemployment toward the frontier indicates economic expansion. Now suppose that, to increase snowboard production, it transfers plants in numerical order: Plant 1 first, then Plant 2, and finally Plant 3. Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics, Douglas A. Lind, Samuel A. Wathen, William G. Marchal, Alexander Holmes, Barbara Illowsky, Susan Dean, Claudia Bienias Gilbertson, Debra Gentene, Mark W Lehman, Fundamentals of Engineering Economic Analysis, David Besanko, Mark Shanley, Scott Schaefer. The segment of the curve around point B is magnified in Figure 2.3 The Slope of a Production Possibilities Curve. A leftward shift of the market demand curve for HDTVs, ceteris paribus, causes equilibrium price to: Works through central planning by government. In the section of the curve shown here, the slope can be calculated between points B and B. 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. c. Shortages. d. Supply because of a change in a non-price determinant. Need the goods and services the most. a. C. A line that curves outward when resources are perfectly adaptable in the production of different goods One, of course, was increased defense spending. This time, however, imagine that Alpine Sports switches plants from skis to snowboards in numerical order: Plant 1 first, Plant 2 second, and then Plant 3. Ceteris paribus, if the price of steel rises, then: People work and use the income they earn to buyperhaps importgoods and services from people who have a comparative advantage in doing other things. b. I personally like having the large number in the y-axis, so I would label that lbs of candy. a. A. producing a combination of goods and services beyond the production possibilities curve d. Decrease and the equilibrium quantity of jelly to increase. It had enjoyed seven years of dramatic growth and unprecedented prosperity. d. Works because prices serve as a means of communication between consumers and producers. d. Number of buyers, A shift in supply is defined as a change in: The curve is a downward-sloping straight line, indicating that there is a linear, negative relationship between the production of the two goods. d. Through trial and error. The firm then starts producing snowboards. The PPF captures the concepts of scarcity, choice, and tradeoffs. b. B. the production possibilities curve between tanks and auto mobiles will shift outward Increasing the availability of these goods would improve the standard of living. a. Now suppose that a large fraction of the economys workers lose their jobs, so the economy no longer makes full use of one factor of production: labor. Is not a very efficient means of communicating consumer demand to the producers of goods and services. B. The production-possibilities curve between tanks and automobiles will shift outward. The same slope throughout the line. will cause the equilibrium price for jelly to: They continued to fall for several years. Now consider what would happen if Ms. Ryder decided to produce 1 more snowboard per month. The Production Possibilities Frontier (PPF) is a graph that shows all the different combinations of output of two goods that can be produced using available resources and technology. 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. c. The production-possibilities curve c. There will be no change in the number of people who die from cancer. If the quantity demanded of a good is greater than the quantity supplied of the good at the current price, In order to produce any good or service, it is necessary to have factors of production Expanding snowboard production to 51 snowboards per month from 50 snowboards per month requires a reduction in ski production to 98 pairs of skis per month from 100 pairs. Below is the full transcript of this video presentation. The production possibilities frontier shows the maximum combination of two types of goods that can be produced using all resources. In either case, production within the production possibilities curve implies the economy could improve its performance. Economists often use models such as the production possibilities model with graphs that show the general shapes of curves but that do not include specific numbers. b. constraints. According to the law of increasing opportunity cost, as a society produces more and more of a certain good, further production increases involve ever-greater opportunity costs, so that producing the good is associated with greater and greater trade-offs. If EMC's estimated opportunity cost of funds is 999 percent, as an analyst, how would you view the acquisition? Using an equilibrium price formula. A straight line when there is constant opportunity costs, Chapter 1 PPF (Production Possibility Frontie, ANSC 201 Chip. Currently, employees in the U.S rely mainly on the employers who offer the wages, salaries and benefits, such as retirement, paid leaves and health insurance as an addition to the total package of compensation (Carraher, 2011). c. The changing relationship between the two variables. This curve depicts an entire economy that produces only skis and snowboards. The law of increasing opportunity cost states that when a company continues raising production its opportunity cost increases. The market supply curve intersects the y-axis. Use the production possibilities model to distinguish between full employment and situations of idle factors of production and between efficient and inefficient production. The VMWare acquisition broadened EMC's core data storage device business to include software technology enabling multiple operating systems-such as Microsoft's Windows, Linux, and OS X-to simultaneously and independently run on the same Intel-based server or workstation. If it is using the same quantities of factors of production but is operating inside its production possibilities curve, it is engaging in inefficient production. QUESTIONS TRUE OR FALSE: A community of woodworkers produces tables and chairs. In most markets, the equilibrium price is achieved: These are also illustrated with a production possibilities curve. The prices of the factors of production It loses the opportunity to produce 6 gadgets. b. d. All of the above. Increase and the equilibrium quantity of ice cream to increase. Greater production means factor prices rise. Increases as its price rises, ceteris paribus. b. Such an allocation implies that the law of increasing opportunity cost will hold. 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. How many calculators will it be able to produce? d. Means that price has changed and there is movement along the demand curve. B. People benefit by participating in the market because: A straight line indicating that the law of increasing opportunity costs applies d. Increasing opportunity costs will occur with greater tank production. It is hard to imagine that most of us could even survive in such a setting. A production possibilities curve is a graphical representation of the alternative combinations of goods and services an economy can produce. b. In this section, we shall assume that the economy operates on its production possibilities curve so that an increase in the production of one good in the model implies a reduction in the production of the other. Microeconomics is concerned with issues such as: Points outside the production possibilities curve represent combinations of products that are: If you have $10,000 to start a lawn-cutting business, the interest rate is 4 percent, your cost of equipment is $3,000, and the earnings you sacrifice from working at another job are $32,000, your yearly cost of doing business would be: An unemployed individual decided to spend the day fishing. a. Actual output. Clearly, the transfer of resources to the effort to enhance national security reduces the quantity of other goods and services that can be produced. c. Maintaining a strong level of economic growth. Find the average value VVV of the given function over the specified interval. Specialization implies that an economy is producing the goods and services in which it has a comparative advantage. Local and state governments also increased spending in an effort to prevent terrorist attacks. Capital, as economists use the term, refers to: The role of the entrepreneur in an economy is to: The opportunity cost of studying for an economics test is: A production-possibilities curve indicates the: A point on a nation's production-possibilities curve represents: According to the law of increasing opportunity costs: If the United States decides to convert automobile factories to tank production, as it did during World War II, but finds that some auto manufacturing facilities are not well suited to tank production, then: Ceteris paribus, a decrease in the price of milk will cause the equilibrium price of ice cream to: The cost of bait, any other monetary expenses, and the value of the best alternative use of the individual's time. a. First, remember that opportunity cost is the value of the next-best alternative when a decision is made; it's what is given up. For this reason, the frontier is usually drawn as a curved line that is concave to the origin. What Is A Simple Definition Of Opportunity Cost? b. b. The shape of the PPF depends on whether there are increasing, decreasing, or constant costs. 2(163/4)23\frac{2\left(16^{3 / 4}\right)}{2^3} b. Suppose the firm decides to produce 100 radios. c. An increase in the demand for corn syrup. C. Decreasing opportunity costs will occur with greater auto mobile production d. Ronald Reagan. 1. Producing more snowboards requires shifting resources out of ski production and thus producing fewer skis. Specialization means that an economy is producing the goods and services in which it has a comparative advantage. That was a loss, measured in todays dollars, of well over $3 trillion. These resources were not put back to work fully until 1942, after the U.S. entry into World War II demanded mobilization of the economys factors of production. 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