Export cartel and consumer welfare
The purpose of this paper is to show that export cartels are not necessarily harmful for consumers in the importing countries. Using the strategic trade policy model of Brander and Spencer (1985a), we show that, contrary to the harmful effect, product-market cooperation benefits consumers by affecti...
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| author | Mukherjee, Arijit Sinha, Uday Bhanu |
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| description | The purpose of this paper is to show that export cartels are not necessarily harmful for consumers in the importing countries. Using the strategic trade policy model of Brander and Spencer (1985a), we show that, contrary to the harmful effect, product-market cooperation benefits consumers by affecting the trade policies. We further show that consumers in the importing countries are affected adversely if cooperation is among the governments of the exporting countries, instead of the exporting firms. |
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| spelling | nottingham-524622020-05-04T19:40:13Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52462/ Export cartel and consumer welfare Mukherjee, Arijit Sinha, Uday Bhanu The purpose of this paper is to show that export cartels are not necessarily harmful for consumers in the importing countries. Using the strategic trade policy model of Brander and Spencer (1985a), we show that, contrary to the harmful effect, product-market cooperation benefits consumers by affecting the trade policies. We further show that consumers in the importing countries are affected adversely if cooperation is among the governments of the exporting countries, instead of the exporting firms. Wiley 2018-06-10 Article PeerReviewed Mukherjee, Arijit and Sinha, Uday Bhanu (2018) Export cartel and consumer welfare. Review of International Economics . ISSN 1467-9396 (In Press) Consumer surplus; Cooperation; Export cartel; Strategic trade policy |
| spellingShingle | Consumer surplus; Cooperation; Export cartel; Strategic trade policy Mukherjee, Arijit Sinha, Uday Bhanu Export cartel and consumer welfare |
| title | Export cartel and consumer welfare |
| title_full | Export cartel and consumer welfare |
| title_fullStr | Export cartel and consumer welfare |
| title_full_unstemmed | Export cartel and consumer welfare |
| title_short | Export cartel and consumer welfare |
| title_sort | export cartel and consumer welfare |
| topic | Consumer surplus; Cooperation; Export cartel; Strategic trade policy |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52462/ |