Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781319098759
Author: Paul Krugman, Robin Wells
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Chapter 5, Problem 3P
To determine

Concept Introduction:

Heckscher-Ohlin Model:

  • It is the model of international trade based on comparative advantage principle. It is also called H-O model. According to H.O model, the country has a comparative advantage in the production of those goods whose factors of productions are abundantly available. It means that the abundant factor has large use in the production of goods.
  • It specifies that international trade increase the wage of labors which are intensively used in the production. Take an example America is capital-intensive nation, export of capital increases the wages of skilled labor.

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