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MENTAL MODEL · M5684

Rybczynski Theorem

Rybczynski Theorem
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

At constant goods prices, if one factor of production (e.g., capital) increases, the output of the product that intensively uses that factor (capital-intensive) will increase, while the output of the product that intensively uses the other factor (e.g., labor) will absolutely decrease.

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The crowding-out effect of resources. Within an organization, if you suddenly obtain a large amount of capital (capital increase), it will not only expand capital-intensive projects but also cause those projects that originally relied on meticulous human effort (labor-intensive) to shrink, because the resource structure has tilted.

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The Rybczynski Theorem states that in the factor endowment model, if one factor of production (e.g., capital) increases, the output of the sector that intensively uses that factor increases, while the output of the other sector decreases.

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