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The Intervention Principle

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This paper investigates efficient policy interventions in market economies, establishing a general policy intervention result and explaining why more general results are not possible. The paper shows the applicability of the methodology to a number of new results in the theory of international trade, including policy intervention in the presence of increasing returns to scale. The analytical tools are not based on calculus, but set theory, agent optimization, and market clearing. They apply to discrete comparisons as well as for small changes.

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  • Earl L. Grinols, 2006. "The Intervention Principle," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(2), pages 226-247, May.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:reviec:v:14:y:2006:i:2:p:226-247
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9396.2006.00572.x
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    1. Earl L. Grinols & Peri Silva, 2008. "Industrial targeting in free trade areas with policy independence," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 41(3), pages 796-816, August.
    2. Grinols, Earl L. & Lin, Hwan C., 2011. "Patent replacement and welfare gains," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 35(9), pages 1586-1604, September.

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