This paper examines the welfare consequences of a unilateral transfer for both the transfer-paying a nd the transfer-receiving country in which the production functions a re subject to variable returns to scale. The authors obtain the condi tions for the strong paradox, i.e., the welfare of the...

A three-sector general equilibrium model is developed to examine the resource allocation and welfare effects of domestic content protection. An increase in domestic content requirements lowers the urban unemployment ratio, the production of the domestic intermediate good, the import of the...

In this paper, the authors develop a model to analyze the effects of export-share requirements when a quota is in place. They show that, when foreign capital is located in specific economic activity zones identified with the importable sector, an increase in export-share requirements reduces...

This paper examines the short- and long-run effects of partial trade liberalization through relaxation of quantity restrictions in an oligopolistically competitive economy with unemployment. While the short-run effects of the liberalization policy are ambiguous, its long-run impacts are clear:...

The authors demonstrate that growth of a small open economy distorted by import quotas, in contrast to the case of tariffs, improves welfare when the industries display identical variable (or constant) returns to scale. Furthermore, growth cannot reduce welfare if the industry that experiences...

Aid conditional on the purchase of an imported capital good increases the supply of, and demand for, the good. Examining the effects of tied aid on capital accumulation, the current account, and welfare, we find that two resultant conflicting forces render the price of the capital good...