The Heckscher–Ohlin model (H–O model) is a general equilibrium mathematical model of international trade‚ developed by Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin at the Stockholm School of Economics. It builds on David Ricardo’s theory of comparative advantage by predicting patterns of commerce and production based on the factor endowments of a trading region. The model essentially says that countries will export products that use their abundant and cheap factor(s) of production and import products that use
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Homework in “International Economics” 1. The Heckscher-Ohlin model The Heckscher-Ohlin model is a mathematical model of the international trade and its balance. It is established upon the theory of David Ricardo for the competitive advantage and it strives to predict the arrangements of the international trade and production‚ which are based on the capacity of a given country to trade. Its essence consist in the statement that the countries that produce‚ will be exporting the goods‚ which
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Introduction To Heckscher Ohlin’s H-O Theory ↓ The Modern Theory of international trade has been advocated by Bertil Ohlin. Ohlin has drawn his ideas from Heckscher’s General Equilibrium Analysis. Hence it is also known as Heckscher Ohlin (HO) Model / Theorem / Theory. [pic] According to Bertil Ohlin‚ trade arises due to the differences in the relative prices of different goods in different countries. The difference in commodity price is due to the difference in factor prices (i.e. costs)
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Heckscher-Ohlin Theory Factor Endowment Theory Factor Price Equalization Sources of Comparative Advantage • Factor-Endowment (Heckscher-Ohlin) Theory – Explains comparative advantage by differences in relative national supply conditions – Key determinant: Resource endowments – Assumptions: • • • • Perfect competition Same demand conditions Uniform quality factor inputs Same technology used Factor Endowments • Relative price levels differ among nations because: – Nations have different
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This quote by the renowned American economist Paul A. Samuelson positions Bertil Ohlin as one of the most influential economists of the twentieth century. Ohlin made several relevant contributions to economics‚ each of which laid the foundations for further research. He took part in the development of monetary theory‚ by arguing that even in the situation of a large international monetary transfer‚ a country can maintain its macroeconomic equilibrium. This thesis was debated with J.M. Keynes in
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The Heckscher-Olin model is based around the idea that traded commodities are essentially bundles of factors; land‚ labour and capital. The trade of commodities internationally is consequently indirect factor arbitrage. Income inequality has undoubtedly risen since the 1970’s. When comparing two males in the 90th percentile and 10th percentile in 1970 in regards to wage distribution‚ there was a difference in earnings for the higher wage earner of 3.2 times the amount lower worker’s income. By 2010
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HECKSCHER-OHLIN THEORY In the early 1900s an international trade theory called factor proportions theory emerged by two Swedish economists‚ Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin. This theory is also called the Heckscher-Ohlin theory. The Heckscher-Ohlin theory stresses that countries should produce and export goods that require resources (factors) that are abundant and import goods that require resources in short supply. This theory differs from the theories of comparative advantage and absolute advantage
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conflict with the HECKSCHER OHLIN prediction concerning the commodity structure of trade. Likewise‚ country B specializes in the production of cloth‚ but it consumes at point G in response to its utility pattern represented by the indifference (IC b). Therefore it exports BF amount of steel and imports FG amount of cloth. Once again we notice that country B‚ which is a labour surplus country exports capital intensive goods (steel) and imports labour intensive goods (cloth). The HECKSCHER OHLIN prediction
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century - the Ricardian Model. The model shows that a country’s production and trade pattern is determined by comparative advantage‚ which is based on the differences in the productivity of labour. In reality‚ there are more factors that require to be taken account of‚ like labour‚ land‚ capital etc. Due to the differences in factor proportions‚ trade can be generated between countries of all kinds. To explain this we can use the Heckscher-Ohlin Model. HECKSCHER-OHLIN MODEL We will focus on the
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The Heckscher-Ohlin Model (Factor Proportions Model) The Factor Proportions Model Main point: Comparative advantage is determined by – Factor endowments of countries‚ together with – Factor intensities of industries Two differences drive trade in H-O Model 1. Countries differ in endowments of factors 2. Industries differ in factor intensities Two differences drive trade in H-O Model 1. Countries differ in endowments of factors – Labor – Capital – Land – Skill (Human
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