Which of the Following Is an Assertion of the Heckscher-Ohlin

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an assertion of the Heckscher-Ohlin model?

• A) The wage-rental ratio is determined by relative product prices.
• B) An increase in a country's labor supply will increase production of both the capital-intensive and the labor-intensive good.
• C) In the long-run, labor is mobile and capital is not.
• D) Factor price equalization will occur only if there is costless mobility of all factors across borders.
• E) Factor endowments determine the technology that is available to a country, which determines the good in which the country will have a comparative advantage.

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Definitions:

Supply Curve

represents the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity of that good suppliers are willing to produce and sell, typically upward sloping because higher prices incentivize more production.

Shift

A change in demand or supply where the entire curve moves either right (increase) or left (decrease), signifying changes in market conditions.

Supply Curve

A visual chart demonstrating the link between a product's price and the amount producers are willing to supply.

Movement

In economics, this can refer to changes in market conditions, such as price movements, or the migration of people or capital between regions or sectors.