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Chapter4ResourcesandTrade:
TheHeckscher-OhlinModel47
Chapter4ResourcesandTrade:
TheHeckscher-OhlinModel
nMultipleChoiceQuestions
1. Inthe2-factor,2goodHeckscher-Ohlinmodel,aninfluxofworkersfromacrosstheborderwould
(a) movethepointofproductionalongtheproductionpossibilitycurve.
(b) shifttheproductionpossibilitycurveoutward,andincreasetheproductionofbothgoods.
(c) shifttheproductionpossibilitycurveoutwardanddecreasetheproductionofthelabor-intensiveproduct.
(d) shifttheproductionpossibilitycurveoutwardanddecreasetheproductionofthecapital-intensiveproduct.
(e) Noneoftheabove.
Answer:
D
2. Inthe2-factor,2goodHeckscher-Ohlinmodel,thetwocountriesdifferin
(a) tastes.
(b) militarycapabilities.
(c) size.
(d) relativeavailabilitiesoffactorsofproduction.
(e) laborproductivities.
Answer:
D
3. Inthe2-factor,2goodHeckscher-Ohlinmodel,achangefromautarky(notrade)totradewillbenefittheownersof
(a) capital.
(b) therelativelyabundantfactorofproduction.
(c) therelativelyscarcefactorofproduction.
(d) therelativelyinelasticfactorofproduction.
(e) thefactorofproductionwiththelargestelasticityofsubstitution.
Answer:
B
4. Inthe2-factor,2goodHeckscher-Ohlinmodel,achangefromautarky(notrade)totrade
(a) willtendtomakethewagesinbothcountriesmoresimilar.
(b) willequalizethewagesinbothcountries.
(c) willtendtomakethewagesinbothcountrieslesssimilar.
(d) willtendtomakewagesequaltoreturnstocapital.
(e) willtendtomakerentsequaltointerestrates.
Answer:
A
5. TheLeontieffParadox
(a) supportedthevalidityoftheRicardiantheoryofcomparativeadvantage.
(b) supportedthevalidityoftheHeckscher-Ohlinmodel.
(c) failedtosupportthevalidityoftheRicardiantheory.
(d) failedtosupportthevalidityoftheHeckscher-Ohlinmodel.
(e) provedthattheU.S.economyisdifferentfromallothers.
Answer:
D
6. TheLeontieffParadox
(a) referstothefindingthatU.S.exportsweremorelaborintensivethanitsimports.
(b) referstothefindingthatU.S.Exportsweremorecapitalintensivethanitsexports.
(c) referstothefindingthattheU.S.producesoutsideitsEdgeworthBox.
(d) stillaccuratelyappliestotoday’spatternofU.S.internationaltrade.
(e) referstothefactthatLeontieff—anAmericaneconomist—hadaRussianname.
Answer:
A
7. The1987studybyBowen,LeamerandSveikauskas
(a) supportedthevalidityoftheLeontieffParadox.
(b) supportedthevalidityoftheHeckscher-Ohlinmodel.
(c) usedatwo-countryandtwo-productframework.
(d) demonstratedthatinfactcountriestendtousedifferenttechnologies.
(e) provedthattheU.S.’scomparativeadvantagereliedonskilledlabor.
Answer:
A
8. EmpiricalobservationsonactualNorth-Southtradepatternstendto
(a) supportthevalidityoftheLeontieffParadox.
(b) supportthevalidityoftheHeckscher-Ohlinmodel.
(c) supportthevalidityoftheRybczynskiTheorem.
(d) supportthevalidityofthewageequalizationtheorem.
(e) supportthevalidityoftheneo-imperialismexploitationtheory.
Answer:
B
9. TheCaseoftheMissingTraderefersto
(a) the9thvolumeoftheHardyBoys’Mysteryseries.
(b) thefactthatworldexportsdoesnotequalworldimports.
(c) thefactthatfactortradeislessthanpredictedbytheHeckscher-Ohlintheory.
(d) thefactthattheHeckscherOhlintheorypredictsmuchlessvolumeoftradethanactuallyexists.
(e) Noneoftheabove.
Answer:
C
10. IftheUntedStateshadrelativelymorecapitalperworkerthanMexico,andiftheLeontieffParadoxappliedtothistrade,thenasuccessfulexpansionoftradeunderNAFTAbetweenMexicoandtheUnitedStateswouldtendtobenefitwhichgroupintheUnitedStates?
(a) Environmentalists
(b) Capitalists
(c) Workers
(d) Landowners
(e) Skilledlaborwithrelativelyhighlevelsofhumancapital
Answer:
C
11. AccordingtotheHeckscher-Ohlinmodel,thesourceofcomparativeadvantageisacountry’s
(a) technology.
(b) advertising.
(c) humancapital.
(d) factorendowments.
(e) Both(a)and(b).
Answer:
D
12. TheHechscher-Ohlinmodelstatesthatacountrywillhaveacomparativeadvantageinthegoodorservicewhoseproductionisrelativelyintensiveinthe______withwhichthecountryisrelativelyabundant.
(a) tastes
(b) technology
(c) factorofproduction
(d) opportunitycost
(e) scaleeconomy
Answer:
C
13. OnewayinwhichtheHeckscher-OhlinmodeldiffersfromtheRicardomodelofcomparativeadvantageisbyassumingthat__________is(are)identicalinallcountries.
(a) factorofproductionendowments
(b) scaleeconomies
(c) factorofproductionintensities
(d) technology
(e) opportunitycosts
Answer:
D
14. AccordingtotheHecksher-Ohlinmodel,
(a) everyoneautomaticallygainsfromtrade
(b) thescarcefactorneces