Answer :
Answer:
- Portugal : Shoes Opportunity Cost ; Sweden : Rye Opportunity Cost
- Trade gainful if : Portugal gets > 3 rye per shoes; Sweden gets > 1/11 shoes per rye
- Gainful Terms of Trade : '7 ryes per per shoes', 10 ryes per shoes'.
Explanation:
Shoes Rye Trade off Ratio (Rye:Shoes )
Portugal 1 3 1:3 or 0.33:1 (1/3 = 0.33)
Sweden 1 11 1:11 or 0.09:1 (1/11= 0.09)
Portugal & Sweden have less opportunity cost & hence comparative advantage than each other, in shoes & rye respectively. Portugal will export shoes to Sweden (importer). Sweden will export rye to Portugal (Importer). Trade will be gainful if they get exchange ratio better than domestic exchange ratio - Portugal gets more than 3 ryes per shoes, Sweden gets more than 1/11 shoes per rye.
'2 ryes per shoes' & '1 rye per shoes' : are not gainful trade ratios for Portugal, as it is getting more i.e 3 ryes per shoes at its own domestic ratio.
'7 ryes per per shoes' is gaining trade ratio for:
- Portugal: As it gets 7 i.e more than 3 ryes per shoes.
- Sweden : As it gets 0.14 = (1/7) i.e more than 0.09 ryes per shoes
'10 ryes per shoes' is gaining trade ratio for:
- Portugal : As it gets 10 i.e more than 3 pairs of ryes per shoes
- Sweden : As it gets 0.10 = (1/10) i.e more than 0.09 ryes per shoes