Suppose that France and Austria both produce jeans and wine

Economics Dec 17, 2020

Suppose that France and Austria both produce jeans and wine. France's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 5 pairs of jeans while Austria's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 10 pairs of jeans.

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France has a lower opportunity cost of producing wine so France has a comparative advantage in wine and Austria has a comparative advantage in jeans.

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