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a.) Looking at these graphs, suppose that the good 'X' is labour-intensive, while 'Y' is capital-intensive. Which nation is relatively more capital abundant? Why?
b.) What is likely to happen to wages in the capital abundant nation when it trades with other nations?
c.) Will the outcome of the above question change if capital was immobile in the nation?
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- Question 10 If country A is relatively land-abundant and country B is relatively labor-abundant, the Heckscher- Ohlin theory predicts that country A will export textiles (a relatively labor-intensive good) and country B will export corn (a relatively land-intensive good). O True STC FalseAssume that Sweden and Norway have the following set of production factors (see table below). Suppose further that for the production of one unit of steel it takes two machines and 8 workers and for one unit of bread it takes one machine and 8 workers. Sweden Norway Capital Labour 40 machines 10 machines 200 workers 60 workers a) Which commodity, bread or steel, is relatively capital-intensive and which is relatively labor-intensive? Show how to decide this. b) Which country will export bread and steel respectively? Why? Show how to determine this in a figure or with equations. c) Explain what happens to the return on capital and labor in Sweden and Norway after trade has begun between the countries.Consider the Specific Factors model with two countries, Home and Foreign, with two goods, cars (c) and pharmaceutical drugs (d), and three factors, capital K, skilled labour S, and unskilled labour L. The production functions are given by F.(Ke, Le) = K. Lễ and Fa(Ka, Sa) = K}S}. That is, skilled labour is specific to pharmaceutical drugs, and unskilled labour to cars. Suppose that the countries' factor endowments are KH = 2 = KF, L# and LF = 3/2, and SH = 1 and SF = 1 1/2, so that the total labour force is 2 in both countries. The price of capital is denoted by r, the price of skilled and unskilled labour by w, and w. Denote the goods' prices by pc and pd, and normalise pd 1 for simplicity. The demand for cars and drugs in country j = H, F is given by x and r: 1Yi 2Yi and x 3 ре || 3 pi where Y' denotes aggregate income in country j. (c) Compute the autarky equilibrium in Foreign and show that p > p. Compare equilibrium prices in Home and in Foreign and explain.
- Suppose you have a team of two workers: one is a baker and one is a chef. Your baker is talented but is inexperienced. Your chef is not only an elite chef but is also faster at baking. If your kitchen specialized according to absolute advantage, who would do the cooking? Who would do the baking? If your kitchen specialized according to comparative advantage, who would do the cooking? Who would do the baking? Which approach above is more efficient? Explain your answer.With an example, use a production possibility frontier as a straight line, assume that the country has two factors of production, L and K. The payments to the factors are: w = wages (labor) r = rent (capital) Calculate: i) The total cost of production ii) The value of the slopeAccording to the Heckscher-Ohlin or Factor Proportions model, countries have comparative advantage in the good O Requires proportionately more of every factor than the goods they import. O Employs a relatively large amount of the factor that they have relatively more of than other countries. Employs a relatively large amount of their scarce factor. Uses intensively their scarce factor.
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