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- 2. Lecture 5 Evolution of Trade Theories Mercantilism Absolute Advantage Comparative Advantage Factor proportion Trade International Product
- 3. Factor proportions theory Heckscher (1919) - Olin (1933) Theory Export goods that intensively use factor endowments
- 4. Factor proportions theory … trade theory holding that countries produce and export those goods that require
- 5. Factor Proportions Trade Theory Considers Two Factors of Production Labor Capital
- 6. Factor proportions theory The Assumptions There are two nations (1&2), two commodities (X&Y), two factors of
- 7. Factor proportions theory Both commodities are produced under constant returns to scale in both nations. Means
- 8. Factor proportions theory There is perfect competition in both commodities and factor markets in both nations.
- 9. Factor proportions theory There are no transportation costs, tariffs, or other obstructions to the free flow
- 10. Factor proportions theory All resources are fully employed in both nations. Means there are no unemployed
- 11. Factor Proportions Trade Theory A country that is relatively labor abundant (capital abundant) should specialize in
- 12. The Theory Contains Four Core Propositions Factor endowments and trade patterns Factor price equalization Distribution of
- 13. The Factor-Proportions Theory EXAMPLE: U.S. (capital abundant) has comparative advantage in the production of machines (capital
- 14. The Factor-Proportions Theory Factor-proportions theorem A country will have a comparative advantage (disadvantage) and export (import)
- 15. The Factor-Proportions Theory The U.S. imports goods from countries where labor in the abundant factor. The
- 16. Factor endowments and trade patterns Natural resource version: USA is relatively well endowed with land. Therefore
- 17. Factor endowments & trade patterns Developed resource version: Japan, USA, France & Germany are relatively well
- 18. Factor endowments & trade patterns Do they? France and USA are the world’s two biggest exporters
- 19. Factor endowments & trade patterns Try to explain that one. Maybe US labor is (was) human
- 20. Factor Endowments Although land, capital and highly skilled labor may be relatively abundant in the United
- 21. Factor price equalization Labor: Through intense global competition, wages and the return to capital tend to
- 22. Factor Price Equalization & Productivity A useful abstraction: visualize a worker as an embodiment of natural
- 23. Factor Price Equalization & Productivity High tech skills tend to be global and to correlate with
- 24. Factor Price Equalization & Productivity Due to opportunity differentials, low-skill labor in the First World embodies,
- 25. Factor price equalization Capital: Heavy investment in a country, whether by its own residents or through
- 26. Trade & income distribution Free trade: Land is abundant in USA, scarce in JPN. Free trade
- 27. Trade & income distribution Protection: Protection of JPN’s agricultural sector creates a local monopoly, free of
- 28. Trade & income distribution Industrial products: JPN’s automobiles & consumer electronic products and USA’s software, hardware
- 29. Factor growth & output The down side: In a small country, world goods prices are set
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