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Nontariff Trade Controls and Leader-Follower Relations in International Competition
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Nontariff Trade Controls and Leader-Follower Relations in International Competition

Economica (London), v 63(252), pp 633-648
01 Nov 1996

Abstract

Collusion Duopolies Financial market structures Free trade Import quotas International relations International trade Market equilibrium Supply Trade policy
A simple duopoly model is constructed in which leader-follower relations arise as part of a subgame-perfect equilibrium in a game of endogenous timing. I show that, in the absence of policy intervention, cost asymmetries between firms can help sustain collusive hierarchical organization of markets. On the basis of this model, I then analyse the effects of VERs and import quotas in the presence of foreign and international duopolies. My analysis reveals that, in contrast to the existing literature, these nontariff trade controls can break the stability of leader-follower relations and thereby raise an importing country's welfare.

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