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Autarky Relative Price and Trade. See attached file for full problem description.

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An examination of autarky utility levels is provided.

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a) Because they only consume tuna and milk in fixed and equal proportions, the marginal rate of substitution between the two goods is zero, i.e., tuna and milk are complements to each other in this country. Thus, their indifference curves are Leotiff functions, or, L-shaped.
The autarky prices for country A can be identified using an Edgeworth Box for the fisherman and the farmer.

(* Note: In the general case, when the consumption on tuna and milk is not fixed, the stronger is a country's preference ...

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