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This paper analyzes the Solow model in a cross-country context. The author predicts that international differences in steady state output per person are due to international differences in technology for a constant capital output ratio. He finds that this specification can summarize the data quite well and concludes that this reinterpretation of the cross-country Solow model provides an implication for empirical studies of international trade. Harrod-neutral technology differences as presumed by the Solow model can explain why countries have different factor intensities and may end up in different cones of specialization.