Suppose the nation of Canada forbids international trade. In Canada, you can obtain a hockey stick by trading 5 baseball bats. In other countries, you can obtain a hockey stick by trading 8 baseball bats. These facts indicate that:

1. if Canada were to allow trade, it would export hockey sticks.

2. Canada has an absolute advantage, relative to other countries, in producing hockey sticks

3. Canada has a comparative advantage, relative to other countries, in producing baseball bats.

4. All of the above are correct.

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Marlene Henson

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6 October, 17:54

Suppose the nation of Canada forbids international trade. In Canada, you can obtain a hockey stick by trading 5 baseball bats. In other countries, you can obtain a hockey stick by trading 8 baseball bats. These facts indicate that:

1. if Canada were to allow trade, it would export hockey sticks.

2. Canada has an absolute advantage, relative to other countries, in producing hockey sticks

3. Canada has a comparative advantage, relative to other countries, in producing baseball bats.

4. All of the above are correct.

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Sophia Archer · Answer 1

3. Canada has a comparative advantage, relative to other countries, in producing baseball bats.

Explanation:

Comparative advantage is the ability of the country to produce good or services for a lower opportunity costs for example the oil producing countries have comparative advantage in chemicals.

Options 1,2 and 4 are incorrect.

Absolute advantage is the ability of a country or region to produce greater quantity of units with the same no of inputs in the same time.