This paper develops a simple model of colonial wars and trade restrictions. Two
metropolises compete to gain control over the trade policy of a colony. In equilibrium, the …

Abstract As the United States engages in a trade war with its major trading partners,
policymakers in developing countries face the 'traders' dilemma': should they join the trade …

The application of game theory and oligopoly models to the theory of international trade and
commercial policy in recent years has drawn attention to strategic as-pects of international …

I construct a model in which a colony trades raw materials for manufactures with the mother
country and the rest of the world, and can rebel at the cost of some trade disruption with the …

This paper provides a reinterpretation of seventeenth-century mercantilist trade doctrine and
policy in light of recent theories of strategic trade policy. Mercantilist economic thought, like …

A popular view among economists is that recent US trade actions defy economic logic,
because these actions seem to link gains from trade to bilateral trade imbalances and treat …

As is known to every student of trade law and policy, the modern idea of free trade originates
from the theories of absolute and comparative advantage developed by the classical …

International trade theory and policy have customarily treated state trading and economic
warfare as temporary aberrations from the norm. The" normal" world is one in which each of …

This paper explores the possible connections between trade openness, interstate disputes
and international conflict over contested resources in the context of a neoclassical trade …

This article suggests that a powerful defence for open trade can be derived from offensive
realism. Offensive realists posit that a state tries to maximize its relative material power in …