Publication: Journal of Economic Education
Volume: Volume 35, No. 4
Issue: Fall 2004
Pages: 343-359
Author(s): John Gilbert (Utah State University)
Address (Principal Author):John Gilbert
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Utah State University
3530 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-3530
Phone: (435) 797-2314
Fax: (435) 797-2701
Internet Address (Principal Author): jgilbert@econ.usu.edu
Title: Using Nonlinear Programming in International Trade Theory: The Factor-Proportions Model
Abstract: The author describes a numerical nonlinear program that reinforces a widely used geometric device for teaching the factor-proportions theory.