. Intuitively, unilateral liberalization by one country has the effect of increasing the incentives for the export lobby in the …

in all world markets and to help secure 20 percent of the Japanese semiconductor market for foreign firms within five … 'affirmative action' for the industry in its efforts to sell more in Japan, but has been criticized as constituting 'export …

issues in the past, has outlived its usefulness. The transition to a more power-based order can be felt around the world … defensive and offensive strategies. The Kiel Institute for the World Economy, together with DIW Berlin and Bruegel, has produced …

cartels have a strongly negative international spillover, export cartels or international cartels do not constrain market … access,' and export restraints were often used to ameliorate trade frictions. Moreover, domestic cartels often have a … positive international spillover on the export from foreign countries. Thus, the recent focus on competition policy from market …

portfolios concentrated in sectors exposed to competition from China face an increase in non-performing loans after China's entry … into the World Trade Organization. As a result, they reduce the supply of credit to firms, irrespective of the firm … financial channel amplifies the shock to firms already hit by import competition from China and passes it on to firms in sectors …