Trade and welfare: Does industrial organization matter?

被引:15
作者
Balistreri, Edward J. [1 ]
Hillberry, Russell H. [2 ]
Rutherford, Thomas F. [3 ]
机构
[1] Colorado Sch Mines, Div Econ & Business, Golden, CO 80401 USA
[2] Univ Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic 3010, Australia
[3] ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
关键词
Variety effects; Heterogeneous firms; Gains from trade; LIBERALIZATION; COMPETITION; GAINS;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2010.08.014
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Recent analysis across several trade theories suggests that, given appropriate calibration, trade and welfare are insensitive to the particular industrial organization. We show that industrial organization does matter, once we consider a second sector that competes for factor services. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:85 / 87
页数:3
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