Question

Country A has great expertise in the production of planes and produces a large quantity of planes while country B has expertise in the production of automobiles and produces large quantities of cars. When the two countries trade planes for automobiles

a. only country B benefits because through trade they can acquire planes that are more valuable than automobiles.
b. both countries improve allocative efficiency because they can now consume a more desirable combination of goods and services (planes and cars) through trade.
c. both countries improve allocative efficiency because they will both have the same number of cars and automobiles after trade.

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

A country has comparative advantage in production if it produces at a lower opportunity cost when compared to other countries.

A company has absolute advantage in the production of a good or service if it produces more quantity of a good when compared to other countries

Allocative efficiency occurs in efficient markets when goods, services or capital are distributed in a way that is efficient to all the parties involved.

When countries trade in the goods for which they have a comparative advantage in its production, all the parties in the trade gains