Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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962766 | Journal of International Economics | 2010 | 10 Pages |
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.
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Authors
Andreas Haufler, Ian Wooton,