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Multimarket Linkages, Cartel Discipline and Trade Costs
Agnosteva, Delina - 2018
We build a model of tacit collusion between firms that operate in multiple markets to study the effects of trade costs. A key feature of the model is that cartel discipline is endogenous. Thus, markets that appear segmented are strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926563
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Multimarket linkages, cartel discipline and trade costs
Agnosteva, Delina; Syropoulos, Constantinos; Yotov, Yoto V. - 2017
We build a model of tacit collusion between firms that operate in multiple markets to study the effects of trade costs. A key feature of the model is that cartel discipline is endogenous. Thus, markets that appear segmented are strategically linked via the incentive compatibility constraint....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011781965
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Market Power in International Commodity Trade : The Case of Coffee
Igami, Mitsuru - 2015
This paper studies the impact of market power on international commodity prices. I use a standard oligopoly model and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039191
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Market structure, trade liberalization and the GATS
Francois, Joseph F.; Wooton, Ian - 2000
In this paper we examine the interaction between the different modesof market access commitments inservices (cross-border and establishment) market structure, andregulation. In this context, we focus on theimpact of improved domestic market access for a foreign serviceprovider on a domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303873
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Market Access in Global and Regional Trade
de Sousa, José - 2012
theory-based measure offers a renewal of the assessment of the impact of regional trading arrangements. The EU, NAFTA, ASEAN …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112665
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Market Structure, Trade Liberalization and the Gats
Francois, Joseph F.; Wooton, Ian - 2000
In this paper we consider the impact of improved domestic market access for a foreign service provider. We emphasize the interaction between the different modes of market access commitments in services (cross-border and establishment) market structure, and regulation. We work with a model where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014154613
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Can multinationals withstand growing trade barriers?
Ghodsi, Mahdi; Vujanović, Nina; Landesmann, Michael - 2024
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are increasingly dealing with challenges shaped by the new geopolitical and trade environments. Besides traditional tariffs, exporting firms need to comply with regulatory non-tariff measures (NTMs) in the form of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) and sanitary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014450560
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International Outsourcing under Monopolistic Competition : Winners and Losers
Do, Viet Dung - 2007
We show that, even with flexible domestic wages, international outsourcing may worsen the welfare of the home country … and reduce the profits of all firms. If wages are rigid, outsourcing is welfare-improving if and only if the sum of the … subsidy may improve welfare. We also extend the model to a two-period framework. Delaying outsourcing can be gainful because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776626
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Antidumping as strategic trade policy under asymmetric information
Matschke, Xenia; Schöttner, Anja - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003807867
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Globalization and strategic research investments
Bohnstedt, Anna; Schwarz, Christian; Südekum, Jens - 2010
We develop a general equilibrium model of international trade with heterogeneous firms, where countries can invest into basic research to improve their technological potential. These research investments tighten firm selection and raise the average productivity of firms in the market, thereby...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315295