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What is the relationship between opportunity cost and the production possibilities frontier (PPF)?
Opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative foregone when a choice is made. The production possibilities frontier (PPF) shows the maximum possible combinations of goods that can be produced with given resources. The relationship between opportunity cost and the PPF is that as you move along the PPF and produce more of one good, the opportunity cost of producing that good increases because resources are being shifted away from producing other goods.
Why is the PPF typically bowed outward?
When the PPF graph bows outward it usually means that, as the production of one good continues to grow, the opportunity cost of producing another good increases
What is the difference straight ppf and concave ppf?
If the opportunity cost is constant, the PPF is a straight line; when the opp. cost of a good rises when it is produced more, then concave.
Where is opportunity cost on a production possibility frontier?
The opportunity cost would be the slope of the PPF. So the opportunity cost of the good on the x axis is in terms of the good on the y axis. This is why we would say a PPF demonstrates increasing marginal opportunity cost when it is curved outward
Why does the shape of the ppf slope downwards to the right and bulge out?
The slope of the PPF at a given point is the amount of good 'A' that would have to be sacrificed to get an additional unit of good 'B" That is the opportunity cost of getting an extra unit of good 'B' It bulges outwards (it is concave) because of the increasing opportunity cost If the slope is lineaar (straight) the opportunity cost will be constant and no sacrifice will be made. Three results can result from the PPF these are.. 1) Unattainable 2) Attainable and efficient 3) Attainable but inefficient Innefiency refers to when TB (total benefit) mines TC (tolat cost) is not maximised.
What is the relationship between opportunity cost and the production possibilities frontier (PPF)?
Opportunity cost is the value of the next best alternative foregone when a choice is made. The production possibilities frontier (PPF) shows the maximum possible combinations of goods that can be produced with given resources. The relationship between opportunity cost and the PPF is that as you move along the PPF and produce more of one good, the opportunity cost of producing that good increases because resources are being shifted away from producing other goods.
Why is the PPF typically bowed outward?
When the PPF graph bows outward it usually means that, as the production of one good continues to grow, the opportunity cost of producing another good increases
What is the difference straight ppf and concave ppf?
If the opportunity cost is constant, the PPF is a straight line; when the opp. cost of a good rises when it is produced more, then concave.
Where is opportunity cost on a production possibility frontier?
The opportunity cost would be the slope of the PPF. So the opportunity cost of the good on the x axis is in terms of the good on the y axis. This is why we would say a PPF demonstrates increasing marginal opportunity cost when it is curved outward
Why does the shape of the ppf slope downwards to the right and bulge out?
The slope of the PPF at a given point is the amount of good 'A' that would have to be sacrificed to get an additional unit of good 'B" That is the opportunity cost of getting an extra unit of good 'B' It bulges outwards (it is concave) because of the increasing opportunity cost If the slope is lineaar (straight) the opportunity cost will be constant and no sacrifice will be made. Three results can result from the PPF these are.. 1) Unattainable 2) Attainable and efficient 3) Attainable but inefficient Innefiency refers to when TB (total benefit) mines TC (tolat cost) is not maximised.
Draw a production possibility curve and use it to explain scarcity choice and opportunity cost?
Production Possibility Curve this is an image of a ppf/ ppc
Why is the ppf concave to the origin?
because it has increasing opportunity costs
What causes ppf to be a straight line?
when the oppotunity cost is a constant the PPF will be a stright line
Why in a production possibilities frontier model a point inside the frontier is attainable?
A PPF is the locus of points such that all the economy's resources are used to its fullest potential. A PPF is concave to the origin because of the increasing opportunity cost to produce an additional unit of x (on the horizontal axes). A point inside the PPF is attainable because (1) there may be no full employment or (2) inspite of full employment they are used to less potential. On the contrary a point outside the PPF is not attainable because the PPF itself is the locus of the maximum attainable output given resources, the PPF may however expand due to increase in resources or their efficiency.
Why does the production possibility frontier shift outwards?
A PPF will shift out if we have improvements/increases in resources and/or technology. You would see an unbiased increase (the slop of the PPF stays the same) when R+T increase in the production of both goods. You would see a biased increase (the PPF pivots around one pt) when R+T increases in the production of only one of the goods.
Consider a constant slope PPF with a vertical intercept 80 guns and horizontal intercept of 120 tons of butter The opportunity cost of increasing butter output for 30 to 31 tons is?
2/3 of a gun (80 guns/120 tons of butter = 2/3 opportunity cost of butter; meaning that is what you willing to pay for an extra ton of butter). In order to find the opportunity cost of guns, you would divide 120/80=1.5)
Why does the PPF most goods bowed outward?
The Production Possibility Frontier (PPF) is typically bowed outward due to the principle of increasing opportunity costs. As production of one good increases, resources must be reallocated from the production of another good that may be less suited for that purpose, leading to less efficient resource use. This means that the more you produce of one good, the larger the sacrifice of the other good, hence the PPF's concave shape. This reflects the reality that not all resources are equally adaptable to the production of different goods.
