EconExperiments - Comparative Advantage

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Concepts & Keywords Illustrated:
 
Absolute Advantage
 
Comparative Advantage
 
International Trade
 
Opportunity Cost
 
Brief description:
 
Students are divided into 4 groups, representing 2 different industries in 2 economies. Based on the productive resources they have, they will see how much they can produce, while international trade is forbidden in the first round. Students will be able to experience and learn absolute and comparative advantages after this round.
 
In the second round of the game, only industries with comparative advantage produce. Ask students to compare the amount of final production between the two rounds.

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1) Teaching Plan (English)

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2) Teaching Plan (Chinese)
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3) Productive Resources (English)

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4) Productive Resources (Chinese)

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5) Powerpoint (English)

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6) Powerpoint (Chinese)

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