In this paper, the authors employ a three-country, two-good, general equilibrium model to analyze bilateral quota wars. It is shown that the presence of a third country or a number of countries that trade freely leads to fundamentally different results of retaliation: bilateral quota wars need...

In this paper we examine the setting of optimal legal standards to simultaneously induce parties to invest in care and to motivate law enforcers to detect violators of the law. The strategic interaction between care providers and law enforcers determines the degree of efficiency achieved by the...

This paper examines the relationship between financial decisions and output decisions in oligopolistic markets. Assuming a duopoly market structure in which financial decisions and output decisions follow in sequence, the authors analyze how bankrupt cy costs, which are incurred when the firm is...