The three faces of factor intensities

Citation
Rw. Jones et al., The three faces of factor intensities, J INT ECON, 48(2), 1999, pp. 413-420
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Economics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
ISSN journal
00221996 → ACNP
Volume
48
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
413 - 420
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1996(199908)48:2<413:TTFOFI>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
In this paper we suggest that factor intensities have more than one "face" and care must be taken in the comparisons chosen. Among other things, we il lustrate that in the multi-country, multi-commodity case, a capital-abundan t country's export can easily be more labor-intensive than its import-compe ting sector. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.