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International Trade - Theory and Policy, 2010a

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With full employment of labor, production will occur at some point along the PPF.<br />

To see the effects of specialization <strong>and</strong> free trade, we must compare it to a situation of no trade, or<br />

autarky. Thus we must construct an autarky equilibrium first. To determine the autarky production point<br />

requires some information about the consumer dem<strong>and</strong> for the goods. Producers will produce whatever<br />

consumers dem<strong>and</strong> at the prevailing prices such that supply of each good equals dem<strong>and</strong>. In autarky, this<br />

means that the production <strong>and</strong> consumption point for a country are the same.<br />

For the purpose of this example, we will simply make up a plausible production <strong>and</strong> consumption point<br />

under autarky. Essentially, we assume that consumer dem<strong>and</strong>s are such as to generate the chosen<br />

production point. Table 2.8 "Autarky Production <strong>and</strong> Consumption" shows the autarky production <strong>and</strong><br />

consumption levels for the two countries. It also shows total world production for each of the goods.<br />

Table 2.8 Autarky Production <strong>and</strong> Consumption<br />

Cheese (lbs.) Wine (gals.)<br />

United States 16 4<br />

France 3 2<br />

World Total 19 6<br />

Autarky Production <strong>and</strong> Consumption Points<br />

In Figure 2.4 "Autarky Equilibriums" we depict the autarky production <strong>and</strong> consumption points for the<br />

United States <strong>and</strong> France. Each point lies on the interior section of the country’s production possibility<br />

frontier.<br />

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