The Heckscher-Ohlin theorem is one of the central results of the Heckscher-Ohlin model of international trade, developed by the economists Eli Heckscher and Bertil Ohlin. In its two factor, two good form it states that a country will export the good whose production is intensive in the factor of production the country holds in relative abundance, and import the good intensive in its relatively scarce factor.
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Statement FormCharacterization Theorem 1 Statementa country that is capital abundant will export the capital-intensive good 1 Connections
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1. 5.9: The Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem - LibreTexts
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The Heckscher-Ohlin (H-O) theorem states that a country that is capital abundant will export the capital-intensive good.
Heckscher-Ohlin theorem (Wikipedia)
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"The Heckscher-Ohlin Trade Model".
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