Market Structure, Trade Liberalization and the GATS

Joseph Francois () and Ian Wooton ()

No 00-059/2, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: In this paper we examine the interaction between the different modes of market access commitments in services (cross-border and establishment) market structure, and regulation. In this context, we focus on the impact of improved domestic market access for a foreign service provider on a domestic service market. We work with a model where the domestic industry is assumed to be imperfectly competitive and, as a result of domestic regulation, able to act as a cartel. We also examine the incentives for the domestic firms to accommodate the entry of the foreign firm by inviting it to join the cartel.

Keywords: services trade; trade liberalization; market access; imperfect competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F13 F23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ind and nep-mic
Date: 2000-07-31
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