[International Trade] WEEK6(2)
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Summary
The Heckscher-Ohlin model explains comparative advantage and trade patterns by linking a country's relative abundance of factors of production (like labor and capital) with the relative factor intensity of goods produced.
Key Points
- Factor intensity refers to the ratio of factors of production used in producing a good, such as labor-intensive versus capital-intensive production.
- Efficient production occurs when a country uses its relatively abundant resources and economizes on its relatively scarce resources.
- The Heckscher-Ohlin model's core proposition is that a country will export goods that intensively use its relatively abundant factors and import goods that intensively use its relatively scarce factors.
- A labor-abundant country tends to have a comparative advantage in labor-intensive goods because labor is relatively cheaper.
- A capital-abundant country tends to have a comparative advantage in capital-intensive goods because capital is relatively cheaper.
- Trade allows countries to indirectly obtain the services of scarce factors by importing goods that embody those factors.
- The Heckscher-Ohlin model complements the Ricardian model by explaining comparative advantage based on factor endowments, rather than solely on differences in technology or labor productivity.
- This model suggests that comparative advantage arises from differences in relative factor endowments between countries, even if technology is similar.
- Factor endowment describes the relative abundance of factors of production within a country, such as being labor-abundant or capital-abundant.
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