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Implementing Results-Oriented Trade Policies : The Case of the Us-Japanese Auto Parts Dispute
Krishna, Kala; Morgan, John - 2022
Why would the US threaten punitive tariffs on luxury autos to implement a market share target in auto parts? We show that by making threats to a linked market, a market share may be implemented with fairly weak informa- tional and administrative requirements. Moreover, such policies can be both...
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Anti-Competitive and Rent-Shifting Aspects of Domestic-Content Provisions in Regional Trade Blocks
Lopez de Silanes, Florencio; Markusen, James R.; … - 2021
Regional trade agreements must specify domestic-content rules (rules of origin) that define the conditions under which a good qualifies as 'domestic' and so may be freely traded within the block. The paper analyzes such rules, focussing in particular on oligopolistic industries in which foreign...
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Breaking the Spell with Credit-Easing : Self-Confirming Credit Crises in Competitive Search Economies
Gaballo, Gaetano - 2016
only locally around equilibrium outcomes. Policy is needed because competition deters the socially optimal degree of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012998414
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Auto Dealer Loan Intermediation : Consumer Behavior and Competitive Effects
Salz, Tobias; Grunewald, Andreas; Low, David; Lanning, … - 2022
charges. Taking this behavior into account, we estimate an equilibrium model of dealer price setting and lender competition …
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Idea Diffusion and Property Rights
Jovanovic, Boyan; Wang, Zhu - 2022
We study the innovation and diffusion of technology at the industry level. We derive the full dynamic paths of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014091108
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Market Structure and Innovation : A Dynamic Analysis of the Global Automobile Industry
Hashmi, Aamir Rafique - 2010
; (2) There is no relationship between competition and innovation at the industry level in the steady state. As the …We study the relationship between market structure and innovation in the global automobile industry from 1982 to 2004 … using the dynamic industry framework of Ericson and Pakes (1995). Firms optimally choose a continuous level of innovation in …
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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change : Evidence from the Auto Industry
Aghion, Philippe - 2014
innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …
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Productivity Growth in the Automobile Industry, 1970-1980 : a Comparisonof Canada, Japan and the United States
Fuss, Melvyn - 2012
In this paper we calculate and analyze the automobile industries cost and productivity experience during the 1970 's in Canada, the U.S.and Japan. Utilizing an econometric cost function methodology, we are able to isolate the major source of short-run disequilibrium in this industry-variations'...
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Determinants of Firm Boundaries : Empirical Analysis of the Japanese Auto Industry from 1984 to 2002
Nagaoka, Sadao - 2010
We have assessed the determinants of the choice of integration, relational contracting (keiretsu sourcing) and market sourcing by seven Japanese automobile manufacturers (OEMs) with respect to 54 components in light of contract economics. Our major findings are the following. First, the...
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The Non-Optimality of Optimal Trade Policy : The U.S. Automobile Indust Ry Revisited, 1979-1985
Krishna, Kala - 2010
We examine the sensitivity of simple calibration models of trade in imperfectly competitive industries to changes in model specification, as well as to changes in the calibration parameters. We find that not just the magnitude, but also the sign of the optimal trade policies is very sensitive to...
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