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The Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson model and the Cambridge capital controversies

This paper examines the validity of the factor price equalisation theorem (FPET) in relation to capital theory. Additionally, it presents a survey of the literature on Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson (HOS) models that treat capital as a primary factor, beginning with Samuelson (1953). Furthermore, this paper discusses the Cambridge capital controversy, which contends that marginal productivity theory does not hold when capital is assumed to be as a bundle of reproducible commodities instead of as a primary factor. Consequently, it is shown that under this assumption, the FPET does not hold, even when there is no reversal of capital intensity. This paper also demonstrates that the recent studies on the dynamic HOS trade theory generally ignore the difficulties posed by the capital controversies and are thereby able to conclude that the FPET holds even when capital is modelled as a reproducible factor. Our analysis suggests that there is a need for a basic theory of international trade that does not rely on factor price equalisation and a model that formulates capital as a bundle of reproducible commodities.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2016-05

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Current Heterodox Approaches: Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
Factor Income Distribution
Neoclassical Models of Trade
Thema
factor price equalisation
capital as the bundle of reproducible commodities
reswitching of techniques
capital reversing

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Kurose, Kazuhiro
Yoshihara, Naoki
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics
(wo)
Amherst, MA
(wann)
2016

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Kurose, Kazuhiro
  • Yoshihara, Naoki
  • University of Massachusetts, Department of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2016

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