Suppose that computers use 4 units of capital for each worker, so that , whereas shoes use

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Suppose that computers use 4 units of capital for each worker, so that , whereas shoes use 0.2 units of capital for each worker, so that . There are 200 workers and 200 units of capital in the economy.


a. Solve for the amount of labor and capital used in each industry.

b. Suppose that the number of workers increases to 250 because of immigration, keeping total capital fixed at 200. Again, solve for the amount of labor and capital used in each industry

c. Suppose instead that the amount of capital increases to 250 due to FDI, keeping the total number of workers fixed at 200. Again solve for the amount of labor and capital used in each industry

d. Explain how your results in parts (b) and (c) are related to the Rybczynski theorem.

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International Economics

ISBN: 9781319218508

5th Edition

Authors: Robert C. Feenstra, Alan M. Taylor

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