Suppose that companies in the United States can produce a car with 200 labor hours and a ton of rice with 20 labor hours. In China it takes 250 labor hours to make a car and 50 labor hours to grow a ton of ricewhat is the opportunity cost of producing rice in each country stated in terms of rice. 1. What is the opportunity cost of producing rice in each count, stated in terms of cars?2. What is the opportunity cost of cars, stated in terms of rice?3. Which country has a comparative advantage in cars?4. Which in rice?

Refer to the payoff matrix. suppose that speedy bike and power bike are the only two bicycle manufacturing firms serving the market. both can choose large or small advertising budgets. is there a nash equilibrium solution to this game?

After the price floor is instituted, the chairman of productions office buys up any barrels of gosum berries that the producers are not able to sell. with the price floor, the producers sell 300 barrels per month to consumers, but the producers, at this high price floor, produce 700 barrels per month. how much producer surplus is created with the price floor? show your calculations.

Lillypad toys is a manufacturer of educational toys for children. six months ago, the company's research and development division came up with an idea for a unique touchscreen device that can be used to introduce children to a number of foreign languages. three months ago, the company produced a working prototype, and last month the company successfully launched its new device on the commercial market. what should lillypad's managers prepare for next? a. increased competition from imitators b. a prolonged period of uncontested success c. a sharp decline in demand for the product d. a difficult struggle to move from invention to innovation