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Can Subsidies for Mars Be Procompetitive?

Krishna, Kala; Roy, Suddhasatwa; Thursby, Marie - 2022

long as the US firms are the ones targeted to receive the subsidy …

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The Uneasy Marriage of Export Incentives and the Income Tax

Desai, Mihir A.; Hines, James R. - 2021

ad valorem subsidy. Second, the 1984 imposition of more rigorous requirements for obtaining tax benefits through Foreign …

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Capital Subsidies and Countervailing Duties in Oligopolistic Industries

Spencer, Barbara J. - 2021

the amount of duty to the amount of the subsidy. This paper examines a generalized model of imperfect competition with … capital subsidies and shows the conditions under which a countervailing duty will offset the effect of the subsidy on exports …. In addition, the paper considers whether profit shifting motives for a subsidy still exist even when this maximum duty is …

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Counterfeit-Product Trade

Grossman, Gene M.; Shapiro, Carl - 2021

We analyze a two-country model of trade in both legitimate and counterfeit products. Domestic firms own trademarks and establish reputations for delivering high-quality products in a steady-state equilibrium. Foreign suppliers export legitimate low-quality merchandise and counterfeits of...

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The Foreign Service and Foreign Trade : Embassies as Export Promotion

Rose, Andrew - 2021

As communication costs fall, foreign embassies and consulates have lost much of their role in decision-making and information-gathering. Accordingly, foreign services are increasingly marketing themselves as agents of export promotion. I investigate whether exports are in fact systematically...

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Exchange Rates and Tax-Based Export Promotion

Desai, Mihir A.; Hines, James R. - 2021

This paper examines the impact of tax-based export promotion on exchange rates and patterns of trade. The threatened removal of Foreign Sales Corporations (FSCs) due to the 1997 European Union complaint before the World Trade Organization (WTO) is used to identify the adjustment of exchange...

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From Beijing to Bentonville : Do Multinational Retailers Link Markets?

Head, Keith - 2010

Each of the world's largest retailers---Walmart, Carrefour, Tesco, and Metro---entered China after 1995. Their subsequent expansion in China may have influenced Chinese exports through two channels. First, they may have enhanced bilateral exports between the retailers' Chinese operations and...

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Fiscal Devaluations

Farhi, Emmanuel - 2011

tariff and export subsidy, and two, a value-added tax increase and a uniform payroll tax reduction. When the devaluations are …

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Trade Liberalization and Embedded Institutional Reform : Evidence from Chinese Exporters

Khandelwal, Amit - 2011

If trade barriers are managed by inefficient institutions, trade liberalization can lead to greater-than-expected gains. We examine Chinese textile and clothing exports before and after the elimination of externally imposed export quotas. We find that the surge in export value and decline in...

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Defying Gravity : The 1932 Imperial Economic Conference and the Reorientation of Canadian Trade

Jacks, David S. - 2011

In the wake of the Great Depression, the Canadian government embarked on a stunning reversal in its commercial policy. A key element of its response was the promotion of intra-imperial trade at the Imperial Economic Conference of 1932. This paper addresses whether or not Canadian trade was able...

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