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Intermediation in foreign trade: when do exporters rely on intermediaries?

Schröder, Philipp J. H.; Trabold, Harald; … - 2003

The paper explores theoretically and empirically why trade intermediaries (TIs) are frequently used as agents for exports to some countries but not to others. We adapt a standard intra-industry trade model with variable export costs (e.g. transport) and fixed export costs (e.g. market access) to...

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Competition and innovation in a technology setting software duopoly

Bitzer, Jürgen; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - 2003

market structure from monopoly to duopoly under the assumption that software producers compete in technology rather than …, i.e. innovation. It is found that: (i) moving from monopoly to duopoly does increase the technology level set by firms … in the software industry; (ii) a duopoly adjusts more readily to global technological progress than a monopolist …

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Tariffs and Firm-Level Heterogeneous Fixed Export Costs

Guldager Jørgensen, Jan; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - 2005

Recent literature on the workhorse model of intra-industry trade has explored heterogeneous cost structures at the firm level. These approaches have proven to add realism and predictive power. This note shows, however, that this added realism also implies that there may exist a positive...

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Intermediation in Foreign Trade: When do Exporters Rely on Intermediaries?

Schröder, Philipp J. H.; Trabold, Harald; … - 2003

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How to Turn an Industry Green: Taxes versus Subsidies

Dröge, Susanne; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - 2003

Environmental policies frequently target the ratio of dirty to green output within the same industry. To achieve such targets the green sector may be subsidised or the dirty sector be taxed. This paper shows that in a monopolistic competition setting the two policy instruments have different...

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