Author Question: When one applies the Heckscher-Ohlin model of trade to the issue of trade-related income ... (Read 206 times)

Charlie · **on:** Jun 30, 2018

When one applies the Heckscher-Ohlin model of trade to the issue of trade-related income redistributions, one must conclude that North South trade, such as U.S.-Mexico trade,

A) must help low skill workers on both sides of the border.
B) is likely to hurt high-skilled workers in the U.S.
C) is likely to involve higher overall national economic gains that will be greater than any harm done to low-skilled workers in the U.S.
D) is likely to hurt low-skilled workers in Mexico.
E) gives no advantage to the workers in either country.

Question 2

The reform movements that began in many Latin American economies in the late 1980s favored

A) competitive devaluations.
B) stronger military budgets.
C) imports substitution policies.
D) a stronger role for markets and more openness.
E) more government regulation of industry.