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Chapter 33: Q. 13. (page 803)
What is intra-industry trade?
In short intra-industry trade is the exchange of similar products belonging to the same industry.
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Are the gains from international trade more likely to be relatively more important to large or small countries?
In Germany, it takes three workers to make one television and four workers to make one video camera. In Poland, it takes six workers to make one television and workers to make one video camera.
(a) Who has the absolute advantage in the production of televisions? Who has the absolute advantage in the production of video cameras? How can you tell?
(b) Calculate the opportunity cost of producing one additional television set in Germany and in Poland. (Your calculation may involve fractions, which is fine.) Which country has a comparative advantage in the production of televisions?
(c) Calculate the opportunity cost of producing one video camera in Germany and in Poland. Which country has a comparative advantage in the production of video cameras?
(d) In this example, is the absolute advantage the same as comparative advantage, or not?
(e) In what product should Germany specialize? In what product should Poland specialize?
Do consumers benefit from intra-industry trade?
Consider two countries: South Korea and Taiwan. Taiwan can produce one million mobile phones per day at the cost of \(10 per phone and South Korea can produce 50 million mobile phones at \)5 per phone. Assume these phones are the same type and quality and there is only one price. What is the minimum price at which both countries will engage in trade?
Table 19.15 shows how the average costs of production for semiconductors (the 鈥渃hips鈥� in computer memories) change as the quantity of semiconductors built at that factory increases.
a. Based on these data, sketch a curve with quantity produced on the horizontal axis and average cost of production on the vertical axis. How does the curve illustrate economies of scale?
b. If the equilibrium quantity of semiconductors demanded is 90,000, can this economy take full advantage of economies of scale? What about if quantity demanded is 70,000 semiconductors 50,000 semiconductors? 30,000 semiconductors?
c. Explain how international trade could make it possible for even a small economy to take full advantage of economies of scale, while also benefiting from competition and the variety offered by several producers.
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