Unilateral trade liberalization in the Melitz model : a note

Gabriel Felbermayr; Benjamin Jung

In the two-country Melitz (2003) model, unilateral trade liberalization is often cast as a reduction of iceberg transportation costs and wages are determined by a linear outside sector. We show that welfare results reverse when wages adjust and trade frictions are revenue-generating tariffs. -- Monopolistic Competition ; Heterogeneous Firms ; International Trade ; Trade Policy

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Felbermayr, Gabriel ; Jung, Benjamin
Publisher:	Tübingen : Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen
Subject:	Allokation \| Allocation \| Internationale Wirtschaft \| International economy \| Markteintritt \| Market entry \| Branchenentwicklung \| Sector development \| Produktivität \| Productivity \| Handelsliberalisierung \| Trade liberalization \| Lohn \| Wages \| Wohlfahrtsanalyse \| Welfare analysis \| Theorie \| Theory

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Extent:	Online-Ressource
Series:	University of Tübingen working papers in economics and finance. - Tübingen : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2607331-6. - Vol. 30
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/55852 [Handle]
Classification:	F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies ; R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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