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Leontief paradox and the role of factor intensity measurement Kwok, Yun-kwong and Yu, Eden S. H. 2005, Leontief paradox and the role of factor intensity measurement, in ACE 05 : Proceedings of the Australian Conference of Economists 2005, Blackwell, Carlton, Vic.. Title Leontief paradox and the role of factor intensity measurement Author(s) Kwok, Yun-kwong Yu, Eden S. H. Conference name Australian Conference of Economists (34th : 2005: Melbourne, Vic.) Conference location Melbourne, Vic. Conference dates 26-28 Sep. 2005 Title of proceedings ACE 05 : Proceedings of the Australian Conference of Economists 2005 Editor(s) Dixon, Robert Publication date 2005 Conference series Australian Conference of Economists Publisher Blackwell Place of publication Carlton, Vic. Keyword(s) Leontief paradox factor content of trade relative factor price differences Summary In contrast with the prediction of the Heckscher-Ohlin (HO) theorem, Leontief (1953) found that the capital-labor ratio embodied in the US exports is smaller than the capital-labor ratio embodied in the US competitive import replacements. In Leontief's analysis, the measured factor content of US imports is computed based on the assumption that all countries are using the US factor intensity techniques. This paper relaxes all assumption of identical factor intensity techniques. It uses an inferring method to infer the factor intensity techniques of different countries based on international relative factor price differences. With the inferred differentiated factor intensity techniques , the Leontief paradox is re-investigated and is found to be either disappeared or eased. ISBN 0734026080 9780734026088 Language eng Field of Research 140210 International Economics and International Finance HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30005657 Document type: Conference Paper Collection: School of Accounting, Economics and Finance Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 10 Feb 2009, 08:10:55 EST Fri, 10 Jul 2009, 10:04:55 EST Fri, 10 Jul 2009, 10:09:04 EST Wed, 05 May 2010, 10:44:14 EST Tue, 08 Jun 2010, 13:34:08 EST Fri, 16 Mar 2012, 15:27:02 EST Filtered Full Access Statistics: 723 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 09:52:28 EST

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