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Free Trade vs Strategic Trade: A Peek into Pandora's Box

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  • Maggi, G.
  • Grossman, G.

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We investigate whether a welfare-maximising government ought to pursue a program of strategic trade intervention or instead commit itself to free trade when, in the former case, domestic firms will have an opportunity to manipulate the government's choice of the level of intervention. Domestic firms may overinvest in physical and knowledge capital in a regime of strategic intervention in order to influence the government's choice of subsidy.

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Paper provided by Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Public and International Affairs in its series Papers with number 190.

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Length: 25 pages
Date of creation: 1997
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Handle: RePEc:fth:priwpu:190

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Keywords: EXPORTS ; TRADE POLICY;

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  1. Dewit, Gerda & Leahy, Dermot, 2001. "Rivalry in Uncertain Export Markets: Commitment versus Flexibility," CEPR Discussion Papers 2771, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  2. Everaert, Greetje M.M., 2004. "The Political Economy of Restructuring and Subsidisation: An International Perspective," BOFIT Discussion Papers 12/2004, Bank of Finland, Institute for Economies in Transition.
  3. Dermot Leahy & J. Peter Neary, 2000. "Robust Rules for Industrial Policy in open Economies," Working Papers 200021, School Of Economics, University College Dublin.
  4. Kyle Bagwell & Robert W. Staiger, 2000. "GATT-Think," NBER Working Papers 8005, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  5. Dewit, Gerda & Leahy, Dermot, 2006. "Investment timing under uncertainty in oligopoly: Symmetry or leadership?," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 58(1), pages 1-19.
  6. Gerda Dewit & Dermot Leahy, 2001. "Rivalry In Uncertain Export Markets: Commitment Versus Flexibility," Economics, Finance and Accounting Department Working Paper Series n1050201, Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting, National University of Ireland - Maynooth.
  7. Dermot Leahy & J. Peter Neary, 2001. "Robust rules for industrial policy open economies," Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 10(4), pages 393-409.
  8. Delia Ionascu & Kresimir zigic, 2005. "Free trade versus strategic trade as a choice between two 'second best' policies: A symmetric versus asymmetric information analysis," International Economic Journal, Korean International Economic Association, vol. 19(3), pages 417-446.
  9. Gerda Dewit & Dermot Leahy, 2002. "Time-To-Build Investment and Uncertainty in Oligopoly," Working Papers 200207, School Of Economics, University College Dublin.

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