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Footloose Monopolies: Regulating a "National Champion"

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Calzolari, Giacomo
Scarpa, Carlo

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We analyze the design of optimal regulation of a domestic monopolist that also competes in an unregulated foreign market. We show how foreign activities by the regulated firm affect domestic regulation, consumers’ surplus and firm’s profits. Although expansion in unregulated foreign markets amplifies the regulatory distortions that are caused by the regulator’s limited information, we also show that allowing the firm to compete abroad does not necessarily harm domestic consumers and we analyze if and when the firm’s decision to expand abroad does in fact coincide with consumers’ interests in the regulated market.

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Keywords: Foreign Competition Multinational Enterprises National Champions Regulation

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F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation

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  1. Sara Biancini, 2008. "Regulating National Firms in a Common Market," CESifo Working Paper Series CESifo Working Paper No. , CESifo GmbH. [Downloadable!]
  2. Calzolari, Giacomo & Scarpa, Carlo, 2007. "Regulating a Multi-Utility Firm," CEPR Discussion Papers 6238, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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