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International Trade Theory Mastery Hub: The Industry Foundat
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In the context of the Heckscher-Ohlin model, a country's comparative advantage is determined by its relative abundance of factors of production and the relative intensity with which different goods use those factors. If Country A is capital-abundant and labor-scarce, and it exports textiles (labor-intensive) while importing machinery (capital-intensive), what is the most likely scenario that would challenge the standard Heckscher-Ohlin prediction for Country A?
Country A experiences a significant technological leap in its textile industry, making it even more labor-efficient.
A new resource is discovered in Country A that is crucial for the production of textiles.
Country A's labor force becomes highly educated and skilled, increasing its labor productivity in machinery production.
A global agreement is reached to reduce tariffs on all manufactured goods, leading to increased trade flows.
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(exporting labor-intensive textiles and importing capital-intensive machinery) is a direct contradiction to the standard H-O prediction. Option C directly addresses this by suggesting an increase in labor productivity in machinery production due to education and skill. This would imply that labor is now a relatively more productive factor in capital-intensive industries, potentially shifting comparative advantage and aligning with or explaining the observed trade pattern. Option A, while improving textile efficiency, would likely reinforce the export of labor-intensive goods. Option B, a general reduction in tariffs, would increase trade but doesn't inherently challenge the *basis* of comparative advantage as predicted by H-O. Option D, discovering a new resource, would alter factor endowments but doesn't inherently contradict the H-O prediction based on existing endowments and factor intensities. Question: The Stolper-Samuelson theorem, a key implication of the Heckscher-Ohlin model, states that opening to international trade will increase the real return to a country's relatively abundant factor and decrease the real return to its relatively scarce factor. Consider a country that is labor-abundant and capital-scarce, and it opens to free trade, exporting labor-intensive goods. Which of the following outcomes would most strongly support the Stolper-Samuelson theorem in this country?
D) The real return to capital increases, while the real wage rate for all types of labor decreases.
The real wage rate for skilled labor increases, while the real return to capital decreases.
The real wage rate for all types of labor increases, while the real return to capital remains unchange
The real wage rate for unskilled labor increases, while the real return to capital decreases.
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The Rybczynski theorem, another crucial element of Heckscher-Ohlin theory, suggests that at constant prices, an increase in the endowment of one factor of production will lead to an increase in the output of the good that uses that factor intensively, and a decrease in the output of the other good. Imagine a country that is initially producing both textiles (labor-intensive) and steel (capital-intensive). If this country experiences a significant increase in its capital stock, what is the most accurate prediction according to the Rybczynski theorem, assuming constant prices?
Output of textiles will decrease, and output of steel will increase.
Output of textiles will increase, and output of steel will decrease.
Output of both textiles and steel will decrease.
Output of both textiles and steel will increase.
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