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Heckscher-Ohlin Factor Endowment Theory

헥셔-올린 무역모형

A foundational neoclassical international trade theory stating that a country will export goods that intensively use its abundant, cheap factors of production and import goods intensive in its scarce factors.

Field Economics · International Relations
Level of analysis Macro · Structures & Institutions
Paradigm Rational Choice Structuralism
Key figures 👤 Bertil Ohlin (베르틸 올린)
Year 1933

Key Claims

Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin explained patterns of comparative advantage through international differences in factor endowments. Countries with abundant capital export capital-intensive manufactures, while labor-abundant countries export labor-intensive commodities, driving global factor-price equalization.

Further Reading

  • Ohlin, B. (1933). Interregional and International Trade. Harvard University Press.
  • Heckscher, E. (1919). The effect of foreign trade on the distribution of income. Ekonomisk Tidskrift, 21, 497–512.

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