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Empirical studies of strategic trade policy

Since the 1980s, economists have used the concept of strategic trade policy, which takes account of imperfect competition and increasing returns in the international marketplace, to criticize conventional views about free trade. According to the new view, a government can take strategic steps to raise its income at another country's expense?by subsidizing exports or erecting trade barriers, protecting certain firms from foreign competition, or promoting the development of new industries. This volume looks at the experience of specific industries in order to determine the effectiveness of strat
eBook, English, 1994
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1994
Case studies
1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : illustrations
9780226454665, 0226454665
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The nonoptimality of optimal trade policies : the U.S. automobile industry revisited, 1979-1985 / Kala Krishna, Kathleen Hogan, Phillip Swagel
Trade policy under imperfect competition : a numerical assessment / Anthony J. Venables
Strategic trade policy in the European car market / Alasdair Smith
Deregulation of Scandinavian airlines : a case study of the Oslo-Stockholm route / Victor D. Norman, Siri P. Strandenes
Industrial policy in the transport aircraft industry / Gernot Klepper
Trade and industrial policy for a "declining" industry : the case of the U.S. steel industry / Richard G. Harris
Strategic manpower policy and international trade / David Ulph, L. Alan Winters
Industrial organization and product quality : evidence from South Korean and Taiwanese exports / Dani Rodrik
Import surveillance as a strategic trade policy / L. Alan Winters