In this paper we explore the design of optimal incentive-compatible anti-dumping (AD) measures. When the weight given to the domestic firm's profit in the government's objective function is relatively small, it is shown that no AD duty should be imposed if the foreign firm reports its own costs,...

In this paper, the authors analyze the optimal policies of two active countries toward international movement of both labor and capital in a two-stage noncooperative game. They show that a complete buyout of both factors by either country can never be a Nash equilibrium, although a partial...

This paper studies a buyer (e.g., a government agency) offering a procurement contract to a number of privately informed suppliers. The buyer has private information about her demand for the product to be procured. The optimal mechanisms for all types of the buyer are examined. It is optimal for...