This paper analyses Kantian cooperation of sustainability investments in a two-stage game. Firms’ behavior, Kantian cooperation versus competition, is independent at each stage. Our findings indicate that Kantian cooperation in sustainability investment results in lower sustainability levels,...

This paper analyzes the transfer pricing decision of the multinational firm (MNF). There are differences in profit tax rates between home-country and host-country. The MNF determines the transfer price to its overseas affiliate and delegates the responsibility of deciding on the final sales...

This paper generalizes Gaudin (2016) adding the CSR concerns under a general demand form, and focuses on the double marginalization problem in single-product successive monopolies with one manufacturer and one retailer. We assume that manufacturer or retailer non-cooperatively engages in CSR...

This paper considers that upstream monopoly firm sets input price discrimination (IPD) or uniform input pricing (UIP) in the quality competition market. The marginal cost is related to product quality. We find: When overall quality is low, the upstream firm will give a lower...

In this paper, we examine the welfare effect of CSR executed by high-productivity firms, and find that capturing more profits is a crucial driving force for firms to do CSR. Under free entry of low-productivity non-CSR firms, more high-productivity firms doing CSR, or CSR firms increasing the...

This paper investigates how network externalities affect parallel imports and profits. In a three-country model, a multinational manufacturer produces locally and sells through local distributors in two countries. Parallel imports between two countries are permitted by the manufacturer. The...