intellectual property rights and of offshoring costs on the rate of innovation and on the offshoring intensity. In chapter 4 I …

We examine the implication of direct and indirect foreign competition on domestic innovation decision. In most of the … innovation by the home firm will be discouraged at high tariffs under the threat of DFI. Again at low tariff rates exports by the … foreign firm make market competition more intense and reduce the incentive for innovation. Hence the home firm always (never …

shaping the aggregate welfare gains from trade. We introduce ?firm heterogeneity into an innovation-driven growth model where … increase their innovation efforts; thirdly, it increases the degree of product market competition. In this paper, we propose a … incumbent fi?rms operating in oligopolistic industries perform cost-reducing innovation. In this environment, trade …

improve the business conditions in one country have negative productivity and welfare effects on the trading partner. Second …

improve the business conditions in one country have negative productivity and welfare effects on the trading partner. Second …

, countrywide profits, and welfare. Firms face resource constraints and wages are simultaneously determined. Relative to free trade … technology. Domestic welfare is unambiguously penalized. Hence, the general-equilibrium cross-sector perspective goes against the …

This paper studies how cross-sector strategic trade policy affects wages, country-wide profits, and welfare. I develop …. Consequences on income distributions are derived. Domestic social welfare is unambiguously penalized, suggesting political …

, which is often observed in reality, plays a critical role in welfare consequences and policy implications of quality …

firms' incentive to innovate and social welfare. In this framework, exporting firms invest in R&D to reduce their production … government aims to maximize the social welfare. We consider different settings of firm competition to explore their strategic … market is always welfare enhancing and, in most cases, leads to higher export sales and R&D investments of firms, and raises …

firms' incentive to innovate and social welfare. In this framework, exporting firms invest in R&D to reduce their production … government aims to maximize the social welfare. We consider different settings of firm competition to explore their strategic … market always increases firms' output sales and social welfare and, in most cases, leads to higher R&D investments and …