International Factor Price Differences: Leontief Was Right!

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Journal: Journal of Political Economy
Year: 1993
Volume: 101
Issue: 6
Pages: 961-87

Score contribution per author:

8.043 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

The factor price equalization hypothesis is widely at odds with the large variation in factor prices across countries. similarly, the Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek 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 Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek model that allows for factor-augmenting international productivity differences. The empirical results are stark: this simple modification of the Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek theorem explains much of the factor content of trade and the cross-country variation in factor prices. Copyright 1993 by University of Chicago Press.

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RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jpolec:v:101:y:1993:i:6:p:961-87
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-29