A quota on foreign competition will generally lead to quality-upgrading (downgrading) of the low-quality (high-quality …) firm, an increase in average quality, a reduction of quality differentiation, and a reduction of domestic consumer surplus …, irrespective of whether the foreign firm produces higher or lower quality. Effects of a quota on industry profits and domestic …

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 profits due to the foreign industry's lowering of product quality which … component does not increase too fast with increases in product quality produced. However, it does not hold with qualitydependent …

A quota on foreign competition will generally lead to quality-upgrading (downgrading) of the low-quality (high-quality …) firm, an increase in average quality, a reduction of quality differentiation, and a reduction of domestic consumer surplus …, irrespective of whether the foreign firm produces higher or lower quality. Effects of a quota on industry profits and domestic …

In a two-country international trade model with oligopolistic competition, we study the conditions on market structure … and trade costs under which a merger policy designed to benefit domestic consumers is too tough or too lenient from the … present levels of trade costs merger policy is too tough in the vast majority of sectors. We also quantify the resulting …

, if the foreign firm had the initial cost advantage! -- vertical product differentiation ; oligopoly ; trade ; quality … costs and quality-dependent costs of production and compete in quality and price in the domestic market. Quality … quality standard binding for both foreign and domestic firms. In the present of an initial cost advantage of the domestic firm …

Mis-match of trade statistics between developed and developing countries indicate a substantial mis-invoicing of trade … circumstances. -- Import tariff ; under-invoicing ; Cournot oligopoly …

In a two-country general oligopolistic equilibrium model, I study how cross-sector strategic trade policy affects wages …, countrywide profits, and welfare. Firms face resource constraints and wages are simultaneously determined. Relative to free trade …

In a two-country international trade model with oligopolistic competition, we study the conditions on market structure … and trade costs under which a merger policy designed to benefit domestic consumers is too tough or too lenient from the … present levels of trade costs merger policy is too tough in the vast majority of sectors. We also quantify the resulting …

We build a model of tacit collusion between firms that operate in multiple markets to study the effects of trade costs … strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint. Importantly, trade costs affect cartel shipments and welfare not … only directly but also indirectly through discipline. Using extensive data on international cartels, we find that trade …