extract consumer rent. Lower physical trade costs of shipping make Bertrand price competition fiercer in differentiated … can therefore explain why FDI has become more frequent in recent periods in the presence of falling trade costs. Cross …

from trade under Bertrand and Cournot oligopoly. Firms differentiate their products to mitigate competition, but only if …This paper investigates the effect of endogenous horizontal product differentiation on trade patterns and the gains … and results in a greater difference between products under Bertrand than Cournot competition. In our model, trade in …

, intermediate goods, and multiple factors of production--affect the magnitude of the gains from trade liberalization. We conclude by …

This paper looks empirically into the behavior of multinational firms in international oligopolistic markets with trade … trade flows in the presence of intra-firm strategic trade. In my application, I estimate a model of demand, supply and trade … policy in the automobile sector in Argentina and Brazil during 1996-1999. I measure the economic impact of a trade balance …

markets in response to a particular trade policy "experiment" and compares these predictions to the data. A unique feature of …

ideas generated by previous cultural production in all countries. For such goods, costless trade and communication tend to … lead to the dominance of one cultural style, increasing utility in the short run but reducing quality and generating … cultural stagnation in the long run. Increasing trade costs while keeping communication costs low may reduce welfare by …

analyze the impact of international trade on organization and calibrate the model to the U.S. economy. Our results indicate … that, as a result of a bilateral trade liberalization, firms that export will increase the number of layers of management …

How large are optimal tariffs? What tariffs would prevail in a worldwide trade war? How costly would be a breakdown of … international trade policy cooperation? And what is the scope for future multilateral trade negotiations? I address these and other … questions using a unified framework which nests traditional, new trade, and political economy motives for protection. I find …

reducing costs, both fixed and marginal, or of trade preferences (with distortionary Rules of Origin) offered by an importing … country are performed. Our counterfactuals make a case for "trade as aid" as such policies can create a ""win …