Tariff policy and exhaustion of intellectual property rights in the presence of parallel imports

Jung Hur () and Yohanes Eko Riyanto ()

Oxford Economic Papers, 2006, vol. 58, issue 3, pages 549-568

Abstract: This paper examines an interplay between tariff policy and parallel-import policy. From a welfare point of view, a host government would prefer allowing parallel imports to prohibiting them. However, if a tariff is not at the government's disposal, there will be no parallel imports in equilibrium because a foreign manufacturer would prefer adopting a uniform pricing policy to a discriminatory pricing policy, which will prevent parallel imports from occurring. If a tariff is at the government's disposal, it can be set optimally to induce the foreign manufacturer to impose a price discrimination policy. Such a policy will facilitate entry by a parallel importer provided that parallel imports are feasible. Copyright 2006, Oxford University Press.

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