Explain whether it is possible for a country to have an absolute advantage in the production of a product without having a comparative advantage in the production of that product

What will be an ideal response?


A country can have an absolute advantage without having a comparative advantage in the production of a product, because having an absolute advantage means a country can produce more of the product than another country while using the same amount of resources, and having a comparative advantage means that the country can produce the product at a lower opportunity cost than another country. Having a comparative advantage is not required to have an absolute advantage.

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A) horizontal. B) vertical. C) upward sloping. D) downward sloping.

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a. True b. False

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