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International Price Dispersion and Market Segmentation in Japan and the United States : Theory and Empirics
Fung, K.C.; Garcia-Herrero, Alicia; Ng, Francis - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
This paper focuses on the pricing behavior of Japanese and United States firms selling their identical products in New York City, Chicago, Osaka, and Tokyo. The authors utilize some simple models of international price dispersion and market segmentation that generate predictions about testable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277998
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Joining Pre-existing International Production Networks : Implications for India’s Economic Integration to East Asia
Suh, Jeongmeen; Kim, Jong Duk - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
This study provides a conceptual framework to explain what kinds of difficulties a late-follower will suffer from when it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost minimization problem by a multinational company (MNC) in allocating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278003
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Economic Implications of Deeper South Asian–Southeast Asian Integration : A CGE Approach
Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Morgan, Peter; Plummer, Michael; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
South and Southeast Asian economic integration via increased trade flows has been increasing significantly over the … past 2 decades, but the level of trade continues to be relatively low. This underperformance has been due to both policy …-related variables—relatively high tariff and non-tariff barriers—and high trade costs due to inefficient “hard†and â …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278063
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Joining Pre-existing International Production Networks : Implications for India’s Economic Integration to East Asia
Suh, Jeongmeen; Kim, Jong Duk - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2013
This study provides a conceptual framework to explain what kinds of difficulties a late-follower will suffer from when it tries to join pre-existing International Production Networks (IPNs). We consider the total production cost minimization problem by a multinational company (MNC) in allocating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278071
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Economic Implications of Deeper South Asian–Southeast Asian Integration : A CGE Approach
Wignaraja, Ganeshan; Morgan, Peter; Plummer, Michael; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2014
South and Southeast Asian economic integration via increased trade flows has been increasing significantly over the … past 2 decades, but the level of trade continues to be relatively low. This underperformance has been due to both policy …-related variables—relatively high tariff and non-tariff barriers—and high trade costs due to inefficient “hard†and â …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278110
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The Exchange Rate, Diversification, and Distribution in a Modified Ricardian Model with a Continuum of Goods
Razmi, Arslan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
despite real wage rigidity. Moreover, the resulting diversification can offset the negative consequences for the trade balance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651625
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The Exchange Rate, Diversification, and Distribution in a Modified Ricardian Model with a Continuum of Goods
Razmi, Arslan - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
despite real wage rigidity. Moreover, the resulting diversification can offset the negative consequences for the trade balance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651657
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Protection for Sale Under Monopolistic Competition : An Empirical Investigation
Chang, Pao-Li; Lee, Myoung-Jae - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper proposes a general empirical framework to estimate the protection-for-sale model, where the protection regime shifts according to a sector's market structure (perfectly or monopolistically competitive). We base the protection structure on Grossman and Helpman (1994) for the subset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363720
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Graduating to Globalisation : A Study of Southern Multinationals
Demirbas, Dilek; Patnaik, Ila; Shah, Ajay - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
FDI by firms in developing countries is a recent phenomenon and demands a study of relationship between firm productivity and different modes of globalisation activities. This paper attempts to understand this relationship through ordered probit models, examining two key hypotheses using firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363839
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Subsides for FDI : Implications from a Model with Heterogeneous Firms
Chor, Davin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper analyzes the welfare effects of subsidies to attract multinational corporations, in a setting where firms are heterogeneous in their productivity levels. I show that the use of a small subsidy raises welfare in the FDI host country, with the consumption gains from attracting more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363878