Competition for firms in an oligopolistic industry: the impact of economic integration

A. Haufler; I. Wooton

doi:10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.10.002

Competition for firms in an oligopolistic industry: the impact of economic integration

A. Haufler, I. Wooton

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Abstract

We set up a model of generalised oligopoly where two countries of different size compete for an exogenous, but variable, number of identical firms. The model combines a desire by national governments to attract internationally mobile firms with the existence of location rents that arise even in a symmetric equilibrium where firms are dispersed. As economic integration proceeds, equilibrium taxes initially decline, but then rise again as trade costs fall even further. A range of trade costs is identified where economic integration raises the welfare of the small country, but lowers welfare in the large country.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	239-248
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of International Economics
Volume	80
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.10.002
Publication status	Published - Mar 2010

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Economic integration

Industry

Trade costs

Small countries

Government

Exogenous variables

Rent

Oligopoly

Tax

Keywords

tax competition
subsidy competition
oligopolistic markets
economic integration

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Haufler, A., & Wooton, I. (2010). Competition for firms in an oligopolistic industry: the impact of economic integration. Journal of International Economics, 80(2), 239-248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2009.10.002

Haufler, A. ; Wooton, I. / Competition for firms in an oligopolistic industry : the impact of economic integration. In: Journal of International Economics. 2010 ; Vol. 80, No. 2. pp. 239-248.

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