This paper investigates the domestic government's antidumping duty choice in an asymmetric information framework where the foreign firm's cost is observed by the domestic firm, but not by the government. To induce truthful revelation, the government can design a tariff schedule, contingent on...

Soll die Industrie- und Wettbewerbspolitik zentral oder dezentral, durch die Europäische Gemeinschaft oder auf regionaler Ebene betrieben werden? Das Werk behandelt die Frage wirtschaftstheoretisch und leistet damit einen wesentlichen Beitrag für die politische Diskussion. Für Volkswirte im...

This paper investigates the domestic government's antidumping duty choice in an asymmetric information framework where the foreign firm's cost is observed by the domestic firm, but not by the government. To induce truthful revelation, the government can design a tariff schedule, contingent on...

In this paper, we discuss the endogenous formation of climate coalitions in the tradition of the issue-linkage literature. In particular, we propose a preferential free trade agreement on which a climate coalition should be built. The basic idea is that the benefits of free trade provide strong...