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Strategic Trade Policies for Small Countries

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  • Polavarapu, Ramana

    (Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Denver)

  • Vaidya, Ashish

    (Department of Economics, California State University, Channel Islands)

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In oligopolistic markets characterized by Bertrand competition, we show that a small country gains from trade by passively following the price leadership of a larger country. We examine the nature of optimal trade policy far the small country and show that an export tax is optimal. This form of government intervention by the sail entry induces the larger country to be a price leader, by making the small reentry sufficiently inefficient. We show that the Stackleberg equilibrium with the larger country being a price leader is preferred to the Bertrand.Nash equilibrium, for both countries.

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  • Polavarapu, Ramana & Vaidya, Ashish, 1994. "Strategic Trade Policies for Small Countries," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 47(2-3), pages 207-217.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:ecoint:0419
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