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Endogenous timing in trade policy games: Should governments use countervailing duties?

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Endogenous Timing in Trade Policy Games: Should Governments Use Countervailing Duties? - Trade policy under oligopoly is analysed in two multistage games with endogenous timing of trade policy. At the beginning of the games, the domestic and foreign governments choose whether to set trade policy at stage one or two. It is shown that in the subgame perfect equilibrium of both games, the domestic government will set its tariff (and production subsidy) at stage one and the foreign government its export subsidy at stage two. The domestic country commits not to use a countervailing duty in both games, and both countries are better off than when they set trade policy simultaneously.

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Endogenes Timing in handelspolitischen Spielen: Sollen Regierungen Vergeltungszölle benutzen? - Der Verfasser untersucht unter oligopolistischen Bedingungen die Handelspolitik zweier Länder im Rahmen eines Mehrphasen-Spiels mit endogenem Timing handelspolitischer Maßnahmen. Bei Beginn der Spiele wählen die heimische und die fremde Regierung, ob sie in der ersten oder zweiten Phase handelspolitisch tätig werden wollen. Es zeigt sich, daß bei vollständigem Gleichgewicht in beiden Spielen die heimische Regierung in der ersten Phase Zölle (und Produktionssubventionen) einsetzt und die fremde Regierung in der zweiten Phase Exportsubventionen anwendet. Die heimische Regierung verpflichtet sich, in beiden Spielen keine Vergeltungszölle zu benutzen, und beide Länder schneiden besser ab als in der Situation, in der sie ihre handelspolitischen Maßnahmen gleichzeitig anwenden würden.

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Collie, D.R. Endogenous timing in trade policy games: Should governments use countervailing duties?. Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 130, 191–209 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02706016

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