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Parallel Imports, Market Size and Investment Incentive

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Alfons Palangkaraya () (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne)
Jongsay Yong () (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne)

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We use a vertical control model with a two-part tariff pricing and a leader-follower competition to investigate some conditions which may prevent the occurrence of parallel importing even when such activity is legally permitted and the effects of parallel importing on the incentive to invest in market development effort for an authorised distributor faced with competition from parallel imported products. We find that parallel imports cannot arise if the target and the source market either differ too greatly or are too similar in size. Also, both the presence of parallel imported products and the threat of such presence reduce the domestic distributor’s market development investment. JEL Classification: L11, F13, 034

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Date of creation: Nov 2006
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Keywords: parallel imports vertical control intellectual property

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  1. Richardson, Martin, 2002. "An elementary proposition concerning parallel imports," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 56(1), pages 233-245, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Keith E. Maskus & Yongmin Chen, 2004. "Vertical Price Control and Parallel Imports: Theory and Evidence," Review of International Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 12(4), pages 551-570, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. Abbott, Frederick M, 1998. "First Report (Final) to the Committee on International Trade Law of the International Law Association on the Subject of Parallel Importation," Journal of International Economic Law, Oxford University Press, vol. 1(4), pages 607-36, December.
  4. Szymanski, Stefan & Valletti, Tommaso, 2005. "Parallel Trade, International Exhaustion and Intellectual Property Rights: A Welfare Analysis," CEPR Discussion Papers 5022, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  5. Malueg, David A. & Schwartz, Marius, 1994. "Parallel imports, demand dispersion, and international price discrimination," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 37(3-4), pages 167-195, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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