In 1954, Wassily Leontief provided empirical evidence showing that the United States- pattern of trade was inconsistent with the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem.

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Wassily Leontief's study showed that the United States was exporting more labor-intensive goods than predicted by the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem, which predicts that countries will export goods that use their abundant factor of production, such as labor for the US. Therefore, it was inconsistent with the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem.

In 1954, Wassily Leontief Provided Empirical Evidence Showing That the United