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Strategic competition and optimal parallel import policy
Roy, Santanu; Saggi, Kamal - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 45 (2012) 4, pp. 1369-1396
an instrument of strategic trade policy. The home firm's profit is higher when it <i>cannot</i> price discriminate …
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How reasonable are assumptions used in theoretical models&quest; Computational evidence on the likelihood of trade pattern changes
Abrego, Lisandro; Riezman, Raymond; Whalley, John - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 39 (2006) 3, pp. 781-789
of trade (import and export by commodity) is predetermined and fixed for each good for each country. We consider a simple … three-country, three-good, pure-exchange model with CES preferences. We compute free trade competitive equilibria, three …-country non-cooperative Nash equilibria, and customs union equilibria for randomised parameterizations, and find that trade …
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On the emergence of an MFN club: equal treatment in an unequal world
Saggi, Kamal; Sengul, Faruk - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 42 (2009) 1, pp. 267-299
-discrimination. The underlying model is that of oligopolistic intraindustry trade. While an MFN club does not alter average tariff levels …. These results imply that (i) core WTO rules such as MFN are valuable even if multilateral negotiations deliver limited trade …
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China's export growth and the China safeguard: threats to the world trading system?
Bown, Chad P.; Crowley, Meredith A. - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 43 (2010) 4, pp. 1353-1388
-level import restrictions on Chinese trade imposed between 1992 and 2001, and we estimate their impact on Chinese exports to …
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Dynamic gravity: endogenous country size and asset accumulation
Olivero, María Pía; Yotov, Yoto V. - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 45 (2012) 1, pp. 64-92
Numerous gravity applications have resorted to panel data econometric techniques over the past decade. However, with the theory of gravity being so far only static, these estimations lack solid structural dynamic foundations. As a consequence, a consensus on a unified dynamic gravity estimation...
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Offshoring along the production chain
Harms, Philipp; Lorz, Oliver; Urban, Dieter - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 45 (2012) 1, pp. 93-106
In this paper, we analyze the offshoring decision of firms whose production process is characterized by a particular sequence of steps. International cost differences vary non-monotonically along the production chain, and moving unfinished goods across borders incurs transport costs. We show...
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Skill distribution and income disparity in a North-South trade model
Abdel-Rahman, Hesham - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 38 (2005) 4, pp. 1298-1326
What are the impacts of free trade agreement on the welfare of different types of workers in a developed country? What … is the impact of free trade on a developed country's income disparity? What is the effect of free trade on the skill …-equilibrium North-South trade model in which both countries produce one final good and one high-tech intermediate input. The final good …
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Using the gravity equation to differentiate among alternative theories of trade
Feenstra, Robert C.; Markusen, James R.; Rose, Andrew K. - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 34 (2001) 2, pp. 430-447
The simple gravity equation explains a great deal about the data on bilateral trade flows and is consistent with … several theoretical models of trade. We argue that alternative theories nevertheless predict subtle differences in key …
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Decentralized international exchange
Reed, Robert; Trask, Kathleen - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 39 (2006) 2, pp. 516-543
We utilize a random-matching model to examine the relationships between market frictions and international trade. In … potential trading partners, owing to higher market frictions. Interestingly, we find that international trade may be associated …
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Strategic FDI and industrial ownership structure
Ellis, Christopher J.; Fausten, Dietrich - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 35 (2002) 3, pp. 476-494
We argue that different industrial ownership structures generate different incentives for firms to engage in FDI. A comparison is made between (partially) cooperative structures such as the Japanese and Korean systems and competitive structures such as U.S. firms. It is found that ownership...
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