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13. E' =A \/A'2 represents the factor endowment ratio of country II, E1 and E 2 ( =A 1/A 2 ) denote two alternative factor endowment ratios for country I. If E' and E1 are 2 Fig. 13 operative, then to all intents and purposes the condition of no factor reversal can be invoked and all conclusions based on this assumption will hold. If, however, E' and E2 are operative, then the assumption of no factor reversal is decidedly violated and the conclusions which follow from it are invalid. The point to emphasise is that the condition offactor reversal is only important when the countries' factor endowment ratios are sufficiently divergent to place them on opposite sides of the factor reversal point.
Samuelson, 'Prices of Factors and Goods in General Equilibrium', Review of Economic Studies, XXI (1953) 1-20; L. W. McKenzie, 'Equality of Factor Prices in World Trade', Econometrica, XXIII (1955) 239-57; I. F. Pearce, 'A Further Note on Factor-Commodity Price Relationships', Economic Journal, XLIX (1959) 725-32; the symposium in International Economic Review, VIII (Oct 1967). 41 and after trade. ,. ,. Comparing the crosses with the dots it can be observed that trade has meant that both countries move in the direction of their comparative advantage.
The argument is based on considering the maximum possible outputs in the new situation compared with 52 the initial condition. The theorem has also been extended by Amano who considered the situation when both factors are increasing. He argues that, if factor Al is increasing in greater proportion than A z, then the factor I-intensive good, viz. e. if dAI > All. dA 2 AI2 (10) Employing this theorem, Rybczynski concludes: if SI is an export good, this means that the terms of trade will deteriorate; whilst if it is an import good, the terms of trade must improve ([37] (1969) p.