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Competencia oligopólica y comercio internacional: examinando la calidad de productos

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  • Michel Eduardo Betancourt Gomez

    (División de Estudios de Posgrado de la Facultad de Economía de la UNAM)

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En este documento, se propone examinar teóricamente el comercio de la calidad de productos con un marco de competencia oligopólica a la Hotelling, en lugar de un marco de competencia monopolística o competencia perfecta como es el estándar en la literatura del comercio internacional. Este marco permite identificar la calidad de los productos, al tiempo que captura simultáneamente la preferencia por la variedad y la preferencia por la calidad de los consumidores. Los resultados teóricos permiten construir dos índices que capturan la calidad a través de los precios y de las cantidades. Usando datos altamente desagregados a nivel producto, se prueban los índices y se presentan resultados sobre el comercio de la calidad, en productos y países seleccionados. Por ejemplo, México y Francia exportan calidad en el caso de los vinos, sin embargo, los indicadores muestran que los vinos de Francia poseen mayor calidad.

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  • Michel Eduardo Betancourt Gomez, 2022. "Competencia oligopólica y comercio internacional: examinando la calidad de productos," Ensayos Revista de Economía, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, vol. 41(2), pages 169-192, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:ere:journl:v:41:y:2022:i:2:id:214
    DOI: 10.29105/ensayos41.2-3
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