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Mark D. White |
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''Strategic Trade Policy with Polynomial Costs'' |
( 2002, Vol. 6 No.6 ) |
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We investigate how the superiority of the optimal subsidy or tariff in an international Cournot oligopoly depends on the production technology used in the industry, an interesting issue that has not been analyzed in the literature. We establish that the welfare superiority of the optimal subsidy or tariff depends on the relative steepness of the firms' common marginal cost curve: when it is relatively steep, tariffs are superior to subsidies in enhancing domestic welfare, and vice versa. When both instruments are used simultaneously, the tariff component becomes more important as the marginal cost curve steepens. |
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JEL: F1 - Trade: General
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Manuscript Received : Nov 18 2002 | | Manuscript Accepted : Nov 19 2002 |
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