Deardorff (1994) provides a condition that is necessary for factor price equalization across countries. That condition is a generalization of "country endowments contained in the diversification cone" from the standard 2x2x2 Hecksher-Ohlin model to the case of many goods, countries and factors....

This paper examines the usefulness of a result of Deardorff and Staiger (1988), who showed that the factor content of trade can be interpreted under certain assumptions as indicating the nature of the factor price adjustments that can, in a specified sense, be attributed to that trade. This...

Based on the factor price frontier, we investigate the effects of supply shocks ort labour markets in open economies. Two different supply shocks are considered: an oil price shock, and the integration of relatively labour-abundant countries into the world economy. With flexible wages, a...

Die fortschreitende europäische Integration führt tendenziell zu einer Annäherung der Preise von Gütern und Dienstleistungen. Mit der Erweiterung der EU hat sich dieser Prozess etwas beschleunigt. Der Beitritt der mittel- und osteuropäischen Länder beeinflusst die Preiskonvergenz auf...