and trade in which duopolistic firms face quality-dependent costs and compete in quality and price in two segmented …I study the influence of minimum quality standards in a partial-equilibrium model of vertical product differentiation …

In a model of vertical product differentiation, duopolistic firms face qualitydependent costs and compete in quality … and price in two segmented markets. Minimum quality standards, set according to the principle of Mutual Recognition, can …' qualities in the previous period determine their costs. In an N-period game, quality standards will in fact lead to convergence …

quality. This paper explores a model that incorporates quality-enhancing spillovers in an international duopoly model of … product quality to reduce the amount of technology that spills over to the Southern firm. This strategic quality reduction …, which is often observed in reality, plays a critical role in welfare consequences and policy implications of quality …

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 …

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 …

equilibrium in export taxes is always higher than welfare under free trade for both countries. …

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 …