In this paper we use the theory of social situations (TOSS) to examine the stability in advertising and (price) competition games. In this context, we derive the interesting result that with endogenous and exogenous advertising the incumbent need not maintain a hungry-look, i.e.,...

We consider a North-South model of capital mobility in which foreign investment adversely impacts the environment in South. By focusing on the strategic aspects of environmental policies, among other things, we compare different policy regimes, i.e., different combinations of tax and quota. More...

The paper constructs a general equilibrium model of North–South trade with nontraded goods, real exchange rate, and a continuum of components that North partly offshores to South. It is shown that a protectionary policy which restricts offshoring may have the unintended consequence of widening...