International joint ventures (JV) are popular institutional forms chosen by the less developed countries (LDCs) to attract foreign Investments. In this paper we describe a set up where a multinational firm (MNF) decides on the volume of investment and the LDC gov-ernment offers a package...

We consider an economy with two groups of individuals, rich and poor. A central authority can either directly redistribute income to the poor, or allow for some degree of informality in economic activities by not enforcing property rights. The optimal degree of informality depends upon the...

This paper builds up a two country model of trade and unemployment allowing for perfect mobility of capital across the borders. Capital moves from the north to the south, which suffers from unemployment. A few basic policies related to lowering of unemployment are discussed. In particular it is...

An increased foreign capital inflow into a protected sector is generally immiserizing. We show that if the protected sector produces an intermediate input, positive welfare effects may emerge. A striking result is that it might lead to an increased import-demand for the intermediate input which...

We study the possibility of cartel formation among primary exporters who face an inelastic world demand for their exports. By constructing an appropriate infinitely repeated export game, we show that varying country sizes will pose difficulties in sustaining the collusive behaviour.

The parpose of this paper is to model and describe the consequences for labor markets in an underdeveloped economy of foreign Investment in an enclave sector.Foreign technology tends to expose some of the hidden talents in the local labor force.Replacement of foreign labor by domestic labor...

In terms of a simple model we show that removal of tariff from a competing foreign brand is likely to expand the size of the domestic industry when income disparities exist. A tariff increases profits of the local monopolist but is capable of cutting down the size of the local industry. After...

The concept of factor intensity has played a key role in the development of international trade theory. The factor proportions utilized in the production of commodities differ from activity to activity. Some commodities employ a higher ratio of capital to labor than do others, and the basic...

In this paper we consider a risk averse multinational firm under exchange rate risk. We analyze the impact of exchange rate risk and of the use of currency forwards upon the firm's global market decisions with respect to international firm-specific capital allocation and direct foreign...

We consider a monopolistic, risk-averse multinational firm which sells and produces at home and abroad under exchange rate uncertainty. First we show that the stochastic exchange rate implies higher production and lower sales in the foreign country. Then we analyze the impact of currency futures...