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Trade in International Transport Services: The Role of Competition

Francois, Joseph; Wooton, Ian - Tinbergen Institute - 2000

We are concerned with trade in transport services (not cabotage but rather international shipping, transport, and related logistical services) and the importance of competition and market structure in the sector. We examine implications of liberalization for profits, trade, and national gains...

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Market Structure in Services and Market Access in Goods

Francois, Joseph; Wooton, Ian - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

We examine interaction between trade in goods and market power in domestic trade and distribution, developing a model that highlights this interaction. Theory points to an expected linkage between service sector competition and goods trade, one supported by econometrics involving import patterns...

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Market Structure, Trade Liberalization and the GATS

Francois, Joseph; Wooton, Ian - Tinbergen Institute - 2000

In this paper we examine the interaction between the different modes of market access commitments in services (cross-border and establishment) market structure, and regulation. In this context, we focus on the impact of improved domestic market access for a foreign service provider on a domestic...

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Business Cycles, the Current Account, and Administered Protection in Mexico

Francois, Joseph; Niels, Gunnar - Tinbergen Institute - 2003

Antidumping actions in the United States and EU are known to be linked to macroeconomic conditions. In part, this is …" antidumping using countries. Injury determination is also critica! in Mexico's antidumping policy, as a majority of unsuccessful … from 1987 through 2000, we provide evidence for a relationship between macro-economic factors and antidumping complaints …

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Political Influence in a New Antidumping Regime: Evidence from Mexico

Francois, Joseph F.; Niels, Gunnar - Tinbergen Institute - 2004

We examine the role of political factors in Mexico’s antidumping regime, considering both the characteristics of target … countries subject to antidumping duties and industry-specific factors for sectors receiving protection. Our results are broadly … political benefits of providing protection. They are also in line with the existing empirical literature on antidumping, which …

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Going where the Ad leads you: On High Advertised Prices and Search where to buy

Janssen, Maarten C.W.; Non, Marielle C. - Tinbergen Institute - 2006

The search literature assumes that consumers know which firms sell products they are looking for, but are unaware of the particular variety and the prices at which each firm sells. In this paper, we consider the situation where consumers are uncertain whether a firm carries the product at all by...

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Does Entrepreneurship reduce Unemployment?

Audretsch, D.B.; Carree, M.A.; Thurik, A.R. - Tinbergen Institute - 2001

n this paper, we develop two hypotheses: First, regional innovation efforts have a positive impact on regional knowledge based entrepreneurial activity. Second, knowledge based entrepreneurship positively affects regional economic performance. We test these hypotheses using county level data...

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On the Effects of Suggested Prices in Gasoline Markets

Faber, Riemer P.; Janssen, Maarten C.W. - Tinbergen Institute - 2008

This article analyzes the role of suggested prices in the Dutch retail market for gasoline. Suggested prices are announced by large oil companies with the suggestion that retailers follow them. There are at least two competing rationales for the existence of suggested prices: they may either...

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Do Auctions select Efficient Firms?

Janssen, Maarten C.W.; Karamychev, Vladimir A. - Tinbergen Institute - 2007

This paper considers a government auctioning off multiple licenses to firms who compete in a market after the auction. Firms have different costs, and cost efficiency is private information at the auction stage and the market competition stage. If only one license is auctioned, standard results...

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Asymmetric Price Responses of Gasoline Stations: Evidence for Heterogeneity of Retailers

Faber, Riemer P. - Tinbergen Institute - 2009

This paper studies asymmetric price responses of individual firms, via daily retail prices of almost all gasoline stations in the Netherlands and suggested prices of the five largest oil companies over more than two years. I find that 38% of the stations respond asymmetrically to changes in the...

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