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Share Ribs and Income Distribution *
Author(s) -
Jones Ronald W.,
Mitra Tapan
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
review of international economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.513
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1467-9396
pISSN - 0965-7576
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9396.1995.tb00050.x
Subject(s) - economics , commodity , distributive property , distribution (mathematics) , permutation (music) , mathematical economics , econometrics , microeconomics , mathematics , physics , pure mathematics , mathematical analysis , market economy , acoustics
The connection between changes in commodity prices and the distribution of income is a question of active interest since the 1941 Stolper‐Samuelson Theorem. In higher dimensions results are obtained only if structure is imposed. Here we assume that each of n‐industries is alike in the shape of the profile (rib) of distributive factor shares with a permutation of factor numbering such that industry n is most intensive in factor n. Such a structure reveals either a strong version of the Stolper Samuelson Theorem or a Neighborhood oscillation pattern depending on the shape of the share ribs.