Assume that Trinbago is a small country that produces wine and motor vehicles, where motor  vehicles are capital-intensive. Trinbago is also capital intensive, and the standard Heckscher -Ohlin  (H-O) assumptions hold. The other country in the model is Vincyland.  Question: Give a background on the Heckscher-Ohlin Trade model and then answer the following  questions.  (a) Based on the H-O assumptions, which good should Vincyland export, and why?  (b) What trade pattern would occur if the Leontief Paradox holds?  Which two (2) explanations of the Leontief Paradox most strongly support the H-O theory? Give the  reasons.  (c) In autarky, according to Ohlin, how does Trinbago’s relative price of labor compare to  Vincyland’s?

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Assume that Trinbago is a small country that produces wine and motor vehicles, where motor 
vehicles are capital-intensive. Trinbago is also capital intensive, and the standard Heckscher -Ohlin 
(H-O) assumptions hold. The other country in the model is Vincyland. 

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Give a background on the Heckscher-Ohlin Trade model and then answer the following 
questions. 

(a) Based on the H-O assumptions, which good should Vincyland export, and why? 


(b) What trade pattern would occur if the Leontief Paradox holds? 

Which two (2) explanations of the Leontief Paradox most strongly support the H-O theory? Give the 
reasons. 


(c) In autarky, according to Ohlin, how does Trinbago’s relative price of labor compare to 
Vincyland’s? 

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