The authors use a specific-factor model to examine the conditions under which policymakers are able to increase aggregate production of high-tech goods by production or R&D subsidies in the short and long run. The difficulties for the policymaker in designing a subsidy scheme that succeeds in...

Applies the two‐factor version of the Heckscher‐Ohlin‐Vanek (HOV) theorem. Two hypotheses are derived. The empirical analysis offers support for the second but not for the first hypothesis when trade of each Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) country with the...