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Factor-savingBiased in favor of using less of a particular factor.Similar MatchesMaturity factoringMaturity factoringAn arrangement that provides collection and insurance of accounts receivable. Factor-usingFactor-usingBiased in favor of using more of a particular factor. Factor intensityFactor intensityThe relative importance of one factor versus others in production in an industry, usually compared across industries. Most commonly defined in by ratios of factor quantities employed at common factor prices, but sometimes by factor shares or by marginal rates of substitution between factors. Footloose factorFootloose factorA factor that can move easily across national borders, in contrast to one that, due to inclination or constraints, cannot. Footloose factors are sometimes thought to have an advantage in a globalized economy. Factor intensity reversalFactor intensity reversalA property of the technologies for two industries such that their ordering of relative factor intensities is different at different factor prices. For example, one industry may be relatively capital intensive compared to the other at high relative wages and labor intensive at low relative wages. Some propositions of the Heckscher-Ohlin Model require the absence of FIRs. Further SuggestionsNet benefit to leverage factorAbundant factor Factor abundance Factor of production Multifactor model Factor price equalization Factor scarcity Factor cost Factor analysis Tariff factory Factor intensity uniformity Conversion factors Factor mobility International factor movement Specific factor Present value factor Factor content earnings factor Factor augmenting Factor accumulation Direct factor content Old line factoring Specific factors model Factor content pattern of trade Factor share |
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