By employing a simple mixed international oligopoly model in which countries can set discriminatory tariffs, this paper analyzes the effects on the relevant variables of both, privatization and regional integration processes. Particularly, from a theoretical point of view, it is justified the...

This note analyzes the effect of product complementarity in a bilateral oligopoly. We show that offers of traders on the two sides of the market are strategic complements (substitutes) if and only if the two goods are substitutes (complements). The outcome of the bilateral oligopoly game...

We discuss the challenges of implementing the technological neutrality principle in converging technologies. The main findings are as follows. First, when industries converge and they are subject to extreme regulatory asymmetries, a cross-industry regulatory transmission mechanism emerges. In...