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International Factor Price Differences: Leontief was Right!
Abstract
The factor price equalization hypothesis is widely at odds with the large variation in factor prices across countries. Similarly, the Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek (HOV) theorem constitutes an incomplete description of trade in factor services: its predictions are always rejected empirically. These two issues are examined using a modification of the HOV model that allows for factor-augmenting international productivity differences. The empirical results are stark: this simple modification of the HOV theorem explains much of the factor content of trade and the cross-country variation in factor prices.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Trefler, D.
- Venue
- Journal of Political Economy
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1993-12
- Volume
- 101
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 961-987
- ISSN
- 0022-3808 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-534X
- OpenAlex
- W2164268304
- Cited by
- 525
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 29.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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