This paper develops an efficiency theory of contingent trade policies. We model the competition for a domestic market between one domestic and one foreign firm as a pricing game under incomplete information about production costs. The cost distributions are asymmetric because the foreign firm...

This paper develops an efficiency theory of contingent trade policies. We model the competition for a domestic market between one domestic and one foreign firm as a pricing game under incomplete information about production costs. The cost distributions are asymmetric because the foreign firm...

Recently, strategic protective trade policies are emerging. The strategic choices are a result of asymmetric information on demand parameters and a firm's cost structure. In this paper, we will suggest the optimal policy of eliciting private information from domestic firms. The policy is a...

This paper examines the effects of international ownership of firms on trade pattern and values of firms in the intra-industry trade model. Specifically, we consider the possibility that international ownership of firms affects trade flow and firm values via strategic trade policies. We show...

After signing ten free trade agreements between 1993 and 2001, Mexico as a world leader in foreign trade policy continues to negotiate with countries such as Japan, Panama, Uruguay or Argentina. Criticism of multiple regional trade agreements (RTAs) arises from a consistency test, but also from...

Dealing constructively with subsidies in global commerce is central to G20 leaders’ goal of reforming and strengthening the multilateral trading system. The growing use of distortive subsidies alters trade and investment flows, detracts from the value of tariff bindings and other market access...