Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781319098759
Author: Paul Krugman, Robin Wells
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Chapter 5, Problem 4P
To determine

Concept Introduction:

Opportunity Cost: It is the next best option available to a person. Opportunity cost refers to the benefits which are given up in the process of obtaining some other benefits.

Comparative Advantage: In a trade, a country has comparative advantages in producing goods when the opportunity cost of producing that good is less in comparative to the nation with which it is trading.

Heckscher-Ohlin model:

  • It is the model of international trade based on comparative advantage principle. It is also called H-O model. According to H.O model the country has a comparative advantage in the production of those goods whose factors of productions are abundantly available. It means that the abundant factor has large use in the production of goods.
  • It specifies that international trade increase the wage of labors which are intensively used in the production. Take an example America is capital-intensive nation, export of capital increases the wages of skilled labor.

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