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Free Trade Versus Protectionism. Promoting Competition in Bulgaria as an Anti-Inflationary Factor

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  • Radoslav Krastev

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This paper promotes competition as an anti-inflationary factor, aiming to estimate the fixed exchange rate effect on the overall price level under free trade regime versus protectionism. Domestic and external competition impacts have been examined separately. The disadvantages of protecting local producers have been also analyzed.

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  • Radoslav Krastev, 1998. "Free Trade Versus Protectionism. Promoting Competition in Bulgaria as an Anti-Inflationary Factor," Working paper series 11998en, Agency for Economic Analysis and Forecasting.
    • Handle: RePEc:eaf:wpaper:11998en
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    1. Tsvetan Manchev, 2002. "Management of Capital Inflows in Bulgaria," Working paper series 12002en, Agency for Economic Analysis and Forecasting.

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    Keywords

    Inflation; competition; protectionism; free trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade

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