Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on the concept of strategic trade policy. The
analysis of strategic trade policy is part of a broader research agenda that has been very …

This paper develops a model of capacity-price competition in which the equilibrium outcome
ranges from the Bertrand to the Cournot outcome as capacity constraints become more …

We examine the consequences of foreign direct investment (FDI) policies in a general
equilibrium setting with several oligopolistic industries. By shifting labor demand across …

This paper examines strategic trade policy under asymmetric information with publicly
observable contracts. We analyse both the cases of unilateral and bilateral intervention. We …

This paper analyzes the economic impact of export subsidies by investigating stock price
reactions to a critical event in 1997. On November 18, 1997, the European Union …

This paper examines equilibrium trade policies when firms have better information than
governments about the profitability of the industry. Contrary to the intuition that the …

This dissertation addresses the issue of performance standards in developing nations,
focusing on the role of local content requirements. It proposes a theoretical framework to …

We argue that the rise of antidumping protection and the proliferation of voluntary export
restraints (VERs) are fundamentally interrelated. We show that both can be explained by a …

Abstract Ever since James Brander and Barbara Spencer established that, when global
markets are imperfectly competitive, export subsidies and import tariffs might be used …

This paper investigates the equivalence of optimal import tariffs and quotas in a Cournot
duopoly model when firms have more information about demand than the domestic …