Ans is B
according to heckscher ohlin theorem, a country should export a good in which it has relatively factor of production. Thus relatively abundant factor of production will benefit.
In the 2-factor, 2 good Heckscher-Ohlin model, a change from autarky (no trade) to trade will benefit the owners of...
will have a production possibility In the Heckscher-Ohlin model, the country with the relative abundance of frontier that is biased toward the production of the good. Select one: O A. land; labor intensive O B. land; capital intensive C. labor; capital intensive O D. labor; labor intensive In the Heckscher-Ohlin, gains from international trade come from Select one: A. the increased wages. O B. the improvement in technology. C. the increasing on the consumption choices available to consumers. D. the...
Starting from an autarky (no-trade) situation with Heckscher-Ohlin model, if Country His relatively labor abundant, then once trade begins: c. wage/rent ratio rises in H wage/rent ratio falls in H wage/rent ratio remains constant in H. None of the above.
1. This problem uses the Heckscher-Ohlin model to predict the direction of trade. Consider the production of handmade rugs and assembly line robots in Canada and India. a. Which country would you expect to be relatively labor-abundant, and which is capital-abundant? Why? b. Which industry would you expect to be relatively labor-intensive, and which is capital-intensive? Why? c. Given your answers to (a) and (b), draw production possibilities frontiers for each country. Assuming that consumer preferences are the same in...
2. Use the Heckscher-Ohlin model to consider the production of hand-made pottery and silicon microchips in the UK and India. (a) Which country would you expect to be relatively labor abundant, and which relatively capital abundant? Why? (b) Which industry would you expect to be relatively labor intensive, and which capital intensive? Why? (c) Given your answers to (a) and (b), draw PPFs for each country. Assuming preferences are the same, add indifference curves and relative autarky price lines. What...
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5 Heckscher-Ohlin Model. Suppose the production of cloth is labour intensive and the production of food is land intensive and suppose the United States (US) is labour abundant and Canada is land abundant. (a) Show how the US production possibility frontier (PPF) differs from the Canadian PPF. Briefly explain. (Use the general version of the PPF's) (b) Which country will have the lower price of cloth Pc relative...
In the 2-factor, 2 good Heckscher-Ohlin model, the two countries differ in: tastes. labor productivities. relative availabilities of factors of production. all of the above
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Heckscher-Ohlin Model 2. There are two countries, Home and Foreign. There are two goods: beer (6) and corn (C), which are produced in both countries using capital (K) and labor (L). In both countries, it takes 2 units of labor and 1 unit of capital to make beer (a Lb = 2, akb = 1); and it takes 5 units of labor and 5 units of capital to make corn (ale = 5, ako = 5)....
1. The Heckscher–Ohlin model Home and Foreign have two production fac- tors, skilled and unskilled labor and produce two goods, textiles and com- puters. Home is skilled labor abundant, and computers are skilled labor intensive. Starting from a situation of autarky, the two countries liberalize trade. Assuming that the two countries produce both goods before and after trade liberalization, answer the following questions: (a) What is the effect of trade liberalization on the relative price of com- puters at Home...
2. Answer the following question under the assumptions of the Heckscher-Ohlin model. There are two industries of production: clothing (Qd) and food (Qr). Clothing is capital-intensive and food is labor-intensive. There are two countries: Home and Foreign. Home is capital abundant and Foreign is labor abundant. (Same as in class) a. Draw a "box" graph that represents the labor and capital inputs into each industry in Home b. What do the slopes of the lines drawn in part (a) represent?...
60. In the 2x2x2 Heckscher-Ohlin analysis, if an relatively labor-abundant country is opened to trade, then, as the movement to trade takes place, the capital/labor ratio used in the country's export industry will _and the capital/labor ratio used in the country's import-competing industry a. increase; will decrease b. increase; also will increase c. decrease; also will decrease d. decrease; will increase