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Answer:
Ten pounds of chicken to trade for at least <u>40</u> pounds of vegetables but not more than<u> 50</u> pounds of vegetables
Explanation:
Vegetables Chicken Trade Off Ratio
John 40 10 4:1 (40/10) or 1:0.25 (10/40)
George 25 5 5:1 (25/5) or 1:0.20 (5/25)
John has comparative advantage in Chicken and George has comparative advantage in Veggies because :
- John's chicken opportunity cost, in veggies < George (4<5). George's veggies opportunity cost, in chicken < John (0.20<0.25).
- George is more (5X) productive in veggies than chicken, than John (4X). John is less unproductive in chicken than veggies (1/4th), compared to George (1/5th).
So, John will sell Chicken to George & George will sell veggies to John. Gains from trade are when each get trade ratio better than their their own trade off ratio.
- It implies: John gets >' 4 pounds veggies per chicken pound' and George gets > '0.20 pound chicken per veggie pound'.
- Unitary method:- '1chicken : 4veggies' = '10chickens : 40veggies' and '0.20chicken : 1veggie' = '10chickens : 50 veggies' .
Answer: 16.33%
Explanation:
With the details given, the best method of Calculating the expected rate of return is the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).
The formula is,
Er = Rf + b(Rm - Rf)
Where,
Er is expected return
Rf is the risk free rate
b is beta
Rm - Rf is the Market Premium
Er = 3.87% + 1.38(9.03)
= 3.87% + 12.4614%
= 16.33%
The model accounts for inflation by including the risk free rate which is already adjusted for inflation.
