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Microeconomics 6th Edition by Robert Hall, Shirley Kuiper, Marc Lieberman

Edition 6ISBN: 978-1133708735
book Microeconomics 6th Edition by Robert Hall, Shirley Kuiper, Marc Lieberman cover

Microeconomics 6th Edition by Robert Hall, Shirley Kuiper, Marc Lieberman

Edition 6ISBN: 978-1133708735
Exercise 5
Suppose that two different castaways,Mr. and Mrs. Howell,end up on a different island. Mr. Howell can pick 1 pineapple per hour,or 1 coconut. Mrs. Howell can pick 2 pineapples per hour,but it takes her 2 hours to pick a coconut.
a. Construct a table like Table 1 showing Mr. and Mrs. Howell's labor requirements.
Table 1 Labor Requirements for Fish and Berries
Suppose that two different castaways,Mr. and Mrs. Howell,end up on a different island. Mr. Howell can pick 1 pineapple per hour,or 1 coconut. Mrs. Howell can pick 2 pineapples per hour,but it takes her 2 hours to pick a coconut. a. Construct a table like Table 1 showing Mr. and Mrs. Howell's labor requirements. Table 1 Labor Requirements for Fish and Berries     b. Who-Mr. or Mrs. Howell-has a comparative advantage in picking pineapples? In picking coconuts? Which of the two should specialize in which tasks? c. [Harder] Assume that Mr. and Mrs. Howell had originally washed ashore on different parts of the island,and that they originally each spent 12 hours per day working,spending 6 hours picking pineapples and 6 hours picking coconuts. How will their total production change if they find each other and begin to specialize? b. Who-Mr. or Mrs. Howell-has a comparative advantage in picking pineapples? In picking coconuts? Which of the two should specialize in which tasks?
c. [Harder] Assume that Mr. and Mrs. Howell had originally washed ashore on different parts of the island,and that they originally each spent 12 hours per day working,spending 6 hours picking pineapples and 6 hours picking coconuts. How will their total production change if they find each other and begin to specialize?
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