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	Production possibility frontier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The concept is used in macroeconomics to show the production possibilities available to a nation or economy (corresponding roughly to macroeconomic notions of potential output), and also in microeconomics to show the options open to an individual firm.
		All points on a production possibilities curve are points of maximum productive efficiency or minimum productive inefficiency: resources are allocated such that it is impossible to increase the output of one commodity without reducing the output of the other.
		As mentioned, the two main determinants of the curve are production functions (reflecting the available technology and management techniques) and available factor endowments since they define the resources available and the most efficient combination of these resources to employ.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Production_possibility_frontier (1057 words)

	The Community Production-Possibilities Curve
		The production-possibilities curves (PPC’s) of two individuals, A and B, are shown in figures 1.1 and 1.2.
		B’s curve is rotated 180 degrees and placed tangent to A’s curve, with a tangency at point P.
		B’s PPC is turned upside-down and placed tangent to the original CPPC at point P. Note that B’s origin does not coincide with the tangency point P.
	www.csun.edu /~hceco008/CPPC.htm (797 words)

	Production and Production Possibilities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Production refers to the conversion of inputs, the factors of production, into desired output.
		The shape of this production function is consistent with the law of diminishing marginal productivity.
		In this example, an additional unit of labor directed to bread production allows for producing 25 additional units of bread (the marginal productivity of labor in bread production is constant).
	www.digitaleconomist.com /ppf_4010.html (1493 words)

	Macroeconomics - 2. Opportunity Cost, Specialization, and Trade
		But they have nothing to offer in exchange, except the different productions of their respective trades, and the butcher is already provided with all the bread and beer which he has immediate occasion for.
		Production Possibilities Curve - a graph that indicates all the possible combinations of two goods or services (or aggregates of goods and services) that can be produced within an economy given the full and efficient use of all available resources.
		By satisfying these four assumptions, the production possibilities curve identifies all combinations of the maximum amount of any two goods or services that can be produced by a given economy.
	mason.gmu.edu /~tlidderd/104/ch2Lect.html (5139 words)

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		Technology refers to the methods of production that are used as well as the types of goods that are produced.
		Also note that the production possibilities curve is bowed outward from the origin (its shape is concave).
		Such a shift out in the production possibilities curve is called economic growth: an improvement in the economy’s ability to produce goods and services.
	cstl-hcb.semo.edu /bdomazlicky/ec101text/chap1/ppc.htm (1811 words)

	Production Possibilities Curve
		The PPC model assumes that factors of production are used to transform inputs into outputs.
		Unless there is a change in productivity, technology or in the number of available factors, this economy will produce at one of these points when all the available factors are employed.
		W, this economy still has the same production possibilities available to it, which are available when all workers are employed, but chooses to produce less than what is potentially possible.
	www.louisville.edu /~bmhawo01/econpage/202/handouts/ppc/ppc.html (564 words)

	Production Possibility Curve Exercise from September 27 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The PPC does not shift (it's still the green line) as there are still the same number of people available for work.
		If the red PPC had described the economy before the earthquake, the green curve would now be the appropriate one.
		Assuming the economy had been at full employment along the green curve at 1 military unit and 14 consumer goods units, then the only way to increase the size of the armed forces is to move people out of the production of consumer goods.
	www.onid.orst.edu /~fraundom/ppcex.html (362 words)

	Economics Interactive
		It is possible that a wrong choice of output combinations will result in the removal of our government from power, and, perhaps, in imprisonment.
		The production possibilities model is often used to examine the rationale for investing in capital goods.
		However, the investment in human capital pushes the production (and consumption) possibilities curve outward over time, so, in the long run, consumption (at C) is far greater than would have been possible by following the no‑education alternative (A).
	www.unc.edu /depts/econ/byrns_web/PrinEcon/GI_2004/10-Intl/GI-39.htm (2571 words)

	Chapter 3
		The production possibilities curve discussion begins with a straight-line production possibilities curve, with the goods being one's grade in economics and one's grade in history.
		The economy cannot produce beyond the levels indicated by the production possibilities curve during a given time period, because there are not enough resources to produce that output.
		Economic growth means an outward shift in the “menu” of possible bundles of output illustrated by the production possibilities curve.
	people.morehead-st.edu /fs/t.creahan/sexton3.htm (1457 words)

	ppc rev lectures
		The movement down the production possibilities curve from point A to point E suggests that the production of:
		cause the production possibilities curve to shift outward.
		the production possibilities curves of such nations have shifted outward.
	www.harpercollege.edu /mhealy/eco212i/review/pppcrev.htm (600 words)

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		A technological advance would best be represented by: A shift inward of the production possibilities curve A shift outward of the production possibilities curve.
		A movement from inside the production possibilities curve to a point on the production possibilities curve A movement from the production possibilities curve to a point inside the production possibilities curve 6.
		Draw Gilligan’s production possibilities frontier for one day and label each axis and the endpoints (where the PPF hits the axis).
	www.wku.edu /~claudia.strow/SampleEx/introex1.doc (1497 words)

	Chap 2 microeconomics notes
		Each point on the production possibilities curve represents the best grades that can be achieved with the existing resources and technology for each alternative allocation of study time.
		Each additional increase in wheat production, however, requires the use of resources that are relatively less well suited for wheat production, resulting in a rising marginal opportunity cost of wheat.
		The U.S. however, has a comparative advantage in wheat production since the opportunity cost of a unit of wheat is 1/2 of a unit of CD players in the U.S., but is 3/4 of a unit of CD players in Japan.
	www.oswego.edu /~economic/eco101/chap2/chap2.htm (2416 words)

	Production Possibilities Curve Lecture
		Your demand curve only shifts if SOMETHING outside of the price of the product changes—like you win the lottery (change in income), substitutes or complements become more or less expensive, or something goes out of style (tastes and preferences change).
		The production possibilities curve shows the maximum amount of any two products that can be produced from a fixed set of inputs.
		The slope of the curve indicates the rate at which one product can be traded off to produce more of the other.
	eco2023-04.fa00.fsu.edu /ppf.htm (600 words)

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		Production Possibilities Curve (PPC) Assumptions¨xIdentifies all combinations of the maximum amount of any two goods or services that can be produced by a given economy.
		Production Possibilities Curve Assumptions¨ÜOnly 2 goods or services (or aggregates of goods or services) are produced Full and efficient use of all available resources Supplies of resources (i.e., land, labor, and capital) are fixed Technology is held constant¡TÝ`ØÿØÿK 2 A ó ¨32.
		Production Possibilities Curve Opportunity Cost¨ºTwo important characteristics of the PPC: Opportunity Cost - The PPC slopes downward and to the right Increasing Opportunity Cost - The PPC is "bowed outward" (concave) from the origin¡d+`ØÿØÿ`ØÿØÿ* ÿþ, ÿþ8ó2¨82.
	mason.gmu.edu /~tlidderd/104/ch2ppt.ppt (1186 words)

	SL 151 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The production possibilities curve of Country X exhibits the law of increasing cost because as more and more of one good is produced, larger and larger amounts of the alternative good must be sacrificed.
		Country X’s production possibilities curve is a concave curve that bows outwards from the origin.
		The production possibilities curve for Country Y is a downward-sloping, straight line.
	www.rose-hulman.edu /~bremmer/SL151/homework/hw2.htm (649 words)

	ECON300 FALL 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		An opportunity cost of producing additional 100 units of investment goods is an amount of consumption goods that Aggieland sacrifices.
		(2) If Aggieland decides to produce 0 unit of investment goods and 500 units of consumption goods this year, the production possibilities curve will not change next year, because there is no change in resources (capital).
		(2) If Aggieland decides to produce 0 unit of investment goods and 1000 units of consumption goods this year, the production possibilities curve will not change next year, because there is no change in resources (capital).
	www.ncat.edu /~sakanor/econ201/Ec201q1a.htm (798 words)

	ECN112 Additional Multiple Choice Questions, Chapter 1 (Phoenix College)
		A. shows all of the production combinations of two goods which are possible under all circumstances.
		The economy is currently producing a mix of food and shelter, and is on its productions possibilities curve.
		A. that no trade-off possible is between two goods (that is, it is not possible to give up some of one good to get more of the other).
	www.pc.maricopa.edu /LiberalArts/economics/ecn112/112ch1.html (3397 words)

	mic_ch2.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A PPC is an expression of "status quo," or where the economy is currently.
		The fact that one production function had diminishing returns to scale was enough for your PPC to have a curved shape.
		The PPCs you drew for China and India were linear, and implied constant returns-to-scale production functions for both tea and silk.
	carbon.cudenver.edu /~eherr/mic_ch2.html (2333 words)

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		Show the change in the production possibilities curve when the number of machines increases but the amount of labor stays constant.
		It is possible to move from an inefficient point to the edge of the production possibilities curve by increasing the utilization of the country's resources (capital, labor, and technology) in order to produce more of both goods.
		As production is shifted toward the production of guns, more of the resources that are better for producing butter are used in the production of guns.
	www.baskent.edu.tr /~arzdar/EKON101/Bol02C.doc (1655 words)

	The Economizing Problem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Production possibilities tables and curves are a device to illustrate and clarify the economizing problem.
		Does not explain how prices of products and resources are actually determined, but this is explained in Chapter 3.
		assumptions is this production possibilities curve producing rockets but not in the production of automobiles.
	www.cup.edu /courses/tarullo/Micro/Lectures/Chap2/Chap2.htm (2039 words)

	The Short Run
		The production possibilities curve is fully representative of this phonomenon.
		One of the most fundamental curves in economics, the production possibilities curve, or frontier, is designed to model the output possibilities for a two product economy.
		While it is intensely theoretical, the curve explains the fundamentals of opportunity cost, scarcity, and how certain advancements can cause increases in output.
	www.theshortrun.com /classroom/curves/prodpossibilities.html (95 words)

	Production Possibilities
		One possible way to achieve this goal is to calculate all the total scores of various alternative study strategies by filling in the blanks below.
		Given your constraint of 9 total hours of study, graph, labeling the x axis (the horizontal one) econ study time and the y axis (the vertical one) math study time (for those of you who want to be more accurate feel free to use graph paper), the various study (production) choices you have.
		To convert this trade-off to a production possibility curve (PPC) graph we need to change the axis from input (time allotted to studying) to output (points earned on the exam).
	elmo.shore.ctc.edu /economics/producti.htm (770 words)

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		2 5 _______ is a graph that shows the various combinations of output that the economy can possibly produce given the available factors of production and the available production technology.
		2 6 A ________ line production possibilities curve means that resources are equally exchangeable in the production process.
		2 7 A __________ production possibilities curve means that there are increasing opportunity costs when choosing the production of one good over another.
	www.sbac.edu /~estesor/documents/APMicroCh.2Cards_000.doc (523 words)

	Choice and OC
		the economy's production possibilities curve has been shifted to the left as a result of the policy decision.
		this economy's production possibilities curve is convex (bowed inward) as viewed from the origin.
		The land a Kansas farmer plants in wheat is not available for corn production.
	members.aol.com /ec202macro/OC/Test2.htm (855 words)

	Scarcity and the Production Possibilities Curve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The opportunity cost, expressed in terms of pots of coffee, of increasing Danish production from 15 to 20 boxes is
		True or False: Rosencrantz's PPC exhibits the law of increasing cost.
		A new baking technique is discovered that increases Danish production by 50%, holding resources constant.
	isc.temple.edu /economics/econ52/Hwks/PPF01.htm (244 words)

	eco101ann (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Draw the production possibility curve of this economy.
		Having studied the production possibility curve and the supply and demand analysis, you should already be thinking like an economist!
		Examine and explain the relationship between the average physical product of an input and its marginal physical product.
	www.oswego.edu /~atri/eco101ann.html (3859 words)

	Quiz Questions
		When a production possibilities schedule is written (or a production possibilities curve is drawn) in this chapter, four assumptions are made.
		The combination of products in society's production possibilities table which is the most valued or optimal is determined
		The underallocation of resources by society to the production of a product means that the
	www.mcgrawhill.ca /college/mcconnell8/olc/micro_olc/mi8_qq02.html (757 words)

	Eco 200 Lecture note - Fall 1999
		of a product is produced (through reallocation of resources), its opportunity cost goes up.
		The position and shape of a production possibilities curve are determined by the
		PPC line does not have to be even.
	www.oswego.edu /~atri/lac/e200lec2.htm (468 words)

	Production Possibilities Curve (PPC)
		If the production of one good increases by one unit each at a time, the more and more of the other good is given up.
		Since each countries' PPC is a straight-line, this example assumes that resources in the UK and US are not specialized and they are equally well suited for cloth or food production.
		Since the after-trade consumption possibilities curves for both countries lie above their production possibilities curves, both countries are better off because they can consume more of both goods.
	www.rose-hulman.edu /~bremmer/SL151/lectureoutlines/ppc_out.htm (761 words)

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