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A). Construct an Edgeworth box for the two countries.
b). Identify the contract curve.
c). Solve for the free-trade equilibrium relative price.
d). How are the gains from trade allocated across the two countries?
e). What explains the peculiar allocation of the gains from trade across these countries?
f). What is the direction of trade between the two countries. Show that it is balanced.

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a). Construct an Edgeworth box for the two countries.

b). Identify the contract curve.
The contract curve is the entire area between the two 45 degree lines and the indifference curves labeled UAa and UBa.

c). Solve for the free-trade equilibrium relative price.
The free-trade equilibrium relative price ...

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