Question

一道经济学的问题:

Bill and Hillary produce food and clothing. In an hour, Bill can produce 1 unit of food or 1 unit of clothing, while Hillary can produce 2 units of food or 3 units of clothing. They each work 10 hours a day.
1. Draw the production possibilities frontier for the household ( that is, Bill and Hillary together) assuming that each spends the same number of hours each day as the other producing food and clothing.

2. Hillary suggests, instead, that she specialize in making clothing. That is, she will do all the clothing production for the family; however, if all her time is devoted to clothing and they still want more, then Bill can help with clothing production. What does the household production possibilities frontier look like now?

3. Bill suggests that Hillary specialize in producing food. That is, Hillary will do all the food production for the family; however, if all her time is devoted to food and they still want more, then Bill can help with food production. What does the household production possibilities frontier look like under Bill’s proposal?

4. Comparing your answers to parts c, d, and e, which allocation of time makes the most sense? Relate your answer to the theory of comparative advantage.

Answer 1

个人觉得，药物性毒品的需求价格弹性很小（一般人不会使用，只要特定的人群会使用该商品，这一特定人群对于该商品的使用量，不会随该商品价格的波动而减少），电脑的需求价格弹性很大（当电脑家价格上涨时，人们会相应的减少对该产品的购买，当价格下降时，怎会有很多人去买，电脑非生活必需品）。所以，当数量都随技术进步而增长时，药品的均衡价格变动没有电脑的变动的大。数量上，电脑的数量会大幅上涨，药品则没有什么变化。消费者对于药品的总支出也没有过大的变化。