Chap 3
Chap 3
Economics
Nineteenth Edition
Chapter 3: Sources of
Comparative Advantage
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Chapter Objectives
After completing this chapter, you should be able to:
3.1 Explain how factor endowments can act as a source of comparative
advantage.
3.2 Describe how specific factors can affect the distribution of national income.
3.3 Differentiate between internal economies of scale and external economies of
scale.
3.4 Analyze factors that affect comparative advantage, including overlapping
demand patterns, technology, and transportation costs.
3.5 Discuss the interaction of industrial policy and dynamic comparative
advantage.
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3-1
Factor Endowments as a Source of Comparative
Advantage
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The Factor-Endowment Theory (2 of 2)
• Theory asserts that the immediate basis for trade is the difference between the
pre-trade relative product prices of trading nations
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Effect of Resource Endowments on
Comparative Advantage
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Source: University of Groningen and University of California, Davis, Capital Stock at Constant National Prices for United States [RKNANPUSA666NRUG], retrieved
from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; [Link] October 19, 2023.
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Visualizing the Factor-Endowment Theory
• Why labor abundant countries export • Why two-way trade widely exists
labor-intensive products such as • Many countries export steel and
textiles automobiles, but they also import
• Why capital abundant countries them
would export aircraft and machinery • Why wealthy countries that have
similar endowments (labor and
capital) trade more intensively with
those with dissimilar endowments
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A country exports the good whose production is intensive in its relatively abundant factor.
It imports the good whose production is intensive in its relatively scarce factor.
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Applying the Factor-Endowment Theory to U.S.–
China Trade
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China as the World’s Factory Floor
• Law of supply and demand suggests that because the supply of Chinese
workers exceeds the demand for workers, wages will remain low
• However, China’s wage levels are rising and its status as the “world’s factory
floor” depends on other factors, such as:
• a strong business ecosystem
• lower regulatory compliance
• competitive currency practices
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India: A Rival to China as the World’s Factory
Floor?
• Attractiveness as a production center • India faces hurdles that have delegated it as
reinforced by a minor player in global supply chains
• size of labor force and domestic market • Labor force is mainly unskilled and poor
• Western governments considering • Infrastructure is undeveloped
democratic India as a natural business • Government regulations and business
partner climate can be onerous
• Indian government making business
environment more friendly
• location of industrial parks in cities
• multinational corporations seeking an
alternative to China
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Discussion Activity
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Factor-Price Equalization: The Stolper–
Samuelson Theorem
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Factor-Price Equalization: The Stolper–
Samuelson Theorem (2 of 3)
• Extension of factor-price equalization theory
• Export of product that embodies large amounts of relatively cheap, abundant
resource makes resource scarcer, driving up its price/income
• Import of product that embodies large amounts of relatively expensive,
scarce resource makes resource less scarce, driving down its price/income
• Thus, the increase in the income to each country’s abundant resource
comes at the expense of the scarce resource’s income
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Figure 3.3 The Factor-Price Equalization
Theory
By forcing product prices into
equality, international trade
also tends to force factor
prices into equality across
countries.
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Specific-Factors Theory: Trade and the
Distribution of Income in the Short Run
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Specific-Factors Theory: Trade and the
Distribution of Income in the Short Run (1 of 2)
• Specific factors are factors that cannot move easily from one industry to another
• The specific-factors theory analyzes the income distribution effects of trade in
the short term, when resources are immobile among industries
• Resources specific to import-competing industries lose as a result of trade
• Resources specific to export industries gain as a result of trade
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Does Trade With China Take Away Blue-
Collar American Jobs?
• Economists David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson found that
international trade has significantly disrupted some regional economies in the
United States
• Increase in American imports significantly affected wages and employment
in the parts of the United States that produce goods that compete with China
• Adjustment in America’s regional labor markets has been slow for at least a
decade after China’s trade shock emerged
• Wages and labor-force participation rates remained depressed and
unemployment rates remained elevated
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Artificial Intelligence: Transforming the
World(1 of 2)
• Artificial intelligence (AI) is a set of technologies that makes machines or
computers as intelligent as human beings
• Some applications:
• AI can improve warehouse management, demand forecasting, and improve
accuracy of just-in-time manufacturing and delivery
• Robotics can improve productivity and efficiency in inventory and packing
inspection
• Manufacturing firms can streamline production operations, improve product
quality, reduce repetitive jobs, and decrease unit costs
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3-5
Economies of Scale and Comparative Advantage
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• Economies of Scale
• Exist when the expansion of the scale of production capacity of a firm or
industry causes total production costs to increase less proportionately than
output
• Long-run average costs of production decrease
• Internal Economies of Scale
• Provide additional cost incentives for specialization in production
• Countries will specialize in products that have a large domestic demand
(home market effect)
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Figure 3.4 Internal Economies of Scale as a
Basis for Trade
By adding to the size of the domestic market, international trade permits longer
production runs by domestic firms, which can lead to greater efficiency and
reductions in unit costs.
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• When firm’s average costs decrease as industry’s output increases, the cost
reduction could be caused by decrease in resource prices or amount of
resources per output
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External Economies of Scale (2 of 2)
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Overlapping Demands as a Basis for Trade
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Overlapping Demands as a Basis for Trade (1
of 3)
• According to Staffan Linder, the factor-endowment theory
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Overlapping Demands as a Basis for Trade (3
of 3)
• Linder’s theory is in rough accord with the facts
• The bulk of lower-income, developing countries tend to have more trade with
high-income countries than with lower-income countries
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Intra-Industry Trade
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Intra-Industry Trade (1 of 2)
• Inter-Industry Trade
• Exchange between nations of products of different industries
• Based on inter-industry specialization
• Between nations having vastly different resource endowments
• Can be explained by the principle of comparative advantage (the factor-
endowment model)
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Intra-Industry Trade (2 of 2)
• Intra-Industry Trade
• Two-way trade in a similar product
• Occurs in homogeneous goods as well as in differentiated products
• Is emphasized by advanced industrial nations
• Incompatible with models of comparative advantage
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Table 3.3 Intra-Industry Trade Examples: Selected
U.S. Exports and Imports, 2022 (in Millions of
Dollars)
Category Exports Imports
Food and beverages 179,906 208,315
Industrial supplies 830,805 808,679
Capital goods 572,740 863,670
Automotive 159,654 398,869
Consumer goods 245,692 841,580
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Technology as a Source of Comparative
Advantage: The Product Cycle Theory
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Technology as a Source of Comparative
Advantage: The Product Cycle Theory (1 of 3)
• Nations differ in rates of technological innovation
• Result in:
• New methods of producing existing commodities
• Production of new commodities
• Commodity improvements
• Often transitory
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Technology as a Source of Comparative
Advantage: The Product Cycle Theory (3 of 3)
• Implications for innovating countries such as the United States
• Gains from trade for the United States are significantly determined by:
• Share of the gains from trade will decrease unless the United States can
generate a pace of innovation to match the pace of diffusion
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Dynamic Comparative Advantage: Industrial Policy
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Dynamic Comparative Advantage: Industrial
Policy (2 of 2)
• A strategy to revitalize, improve, and develop an industry
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3-10
Government Regulatory Policies and Comparative
Advantage
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Government Regulatory Policies and
Comparative Advantage (2 of 2)
• U.S. Steel Industry
• U.S. steel producers face regulatory burdens affecting competitiveness
• Environmental regulations increase production costs
• Policy Trade-offs
• Environmental regulations lead to cleaner air and water
• Improved quality of life for American households
• Potential benefits for other industries (e.g., forestry products)
• Increased dependence on foreign-produced steel
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Transportation Costs and Comparative Advantage
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Trade Effects of Transportation Costs (2 of 2)
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Falling Transportation Costs Foster Trade
• Falling transportation
• Rising shipping costs suggest that trade dampened/diverted while looking for
shorter, less costly routes
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The Port of Prince Rupert: Shifting
Competitiveness in Shipping Routes
• The Port of Prince Rupert is situated in western British Columbia
• Key Advantages
• Closest North American port to Asia
• Almost three days closer to China by boat compared to Los Angeles
• One of the world's deepest natural ice-free harbors
• Competitive Edge Over U.S. Ports
• Avoids U.S. federal harbor maintenance tax ($25–$500 per container)
• Less affected by labor disputes and worker slowdowns
• Reduced congestion compared to U.S. West Coast ports
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Table 3.4 Average Container Moves Per Hour
at Major Ports, 2023
Port Average Container Moves Per Hour*
Shanghai, China 113.5
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 80.0
Singapore 68.3
Los Angeles, Long Beach, California 57.9
New York, New Jersey 57.6
Antwerp, Belgium 52.6
Felixstowe, U.K. 47.4
Rotterdam, Netherlands 46.8
Vancouver, Canada 41.4
Savannah, Georgia 30.8
Oakland, California 25.2
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