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International Trade - Theory and Policy, 2010a

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Suppose the exogenous variables of the model take the values in Table 5.3 "Numerical Values for Exogenous<br />

Variables" for one country.<br />

Table 5.3 Numerical Values for Exogenous Variables<br />

aLC = 2 aLS = 3 L = 120<br />

aKC = 1 aKS = 4 K = 120<br />

where<br />

L = labor endowment of the country<br />

K = capital endowment of the country<br />

aLC = unit labor requirement in clothing production<br />

aKC = unit capital requirement in clothing production<br />

aLS = unit labor requirement in steel production<br />

aKS = unit capital requirement in steel production<br />

With these numbers, aKSaLS(43)>aKCaLC(12), which means that steel production is capital intensive <strong>and</strong><br />

clothing is labor intensive.<br />

The following are the labor <strong>and</strong> capital constraints:<br />

Labor constraint: 2QC + 3QS = 120<br />

Capital constraint: QC + 4QS = 120<br />

We graph these in Figure 5.3 "Numerical Labor <strong>and</strong> Capital Constraints". The steeper red line is the labor<br />

constraint <strong>and</strong> the flatter blue line is the capital constraint. The output quantities on the PPF can be found<br />

by solving the two constraint equations simultaneously.<br />

Figure 5.3 Numerical Labor <strong>and</strong> Capital Constraints<br />

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