The answer to the question in the title is yes for the case of ad-valorem taxes, a foreign industry that produces a vertically differentiated good of higher quality, and costs that take the form of qualitydependent fixed costs for both the foreign and domestic firm. The domestic industry loses...

This study analyzes the equilibrium level of product differentiation, aggregate profit, and aggregate welfare from competition and two types of cooperation in product R&D investments in an international duopoly model under price competition. We show that the equilibrium level of product...

I present a model of vertical product differentiation and exit where a domestic and a foreign firm face fixed setup costs and quality-dependent costs of production and compete in quality and price in the domestic market. Quality-dependent costs are quadratic in qualities, but independent of the...