Antidumping and Feed-In Tariffs as Good Buddies? Modeling the EU-China Solar Panel Dispute

Patrice Bougette and Christophe Charlier
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Christophe Charlier and Patrice Bougette

The Energy Journal, 2018, vol. Volume 39, issue Number 6

Abstract: The paper analyzes the interactions between trade and renewable energy policies based on the EU-China solar panel dispute which is the most significant antidumping (AD) complaint in Europe. We build a price competition duopoly model with differentiated products and intra-industry trade in photovoltaic (PV) equipment. We show that an optimal antidumping duty always increases with the feed-in tariff (FIT) program set in the home country. An appropriate antidumping duty - nullifying the dumping margin - decreases with the FIT program. We show that optimal FIT increases with the AD duty. Therefore, trade and renewable energy optimal policies may complement one another. Lastly, we introduce R&D activities in the PV sector, and international spillovers. We show that R&D makes the optimal FIT lower and increases the dumping margin. These effects are reinforced by technological spillovers.

JEL-codes: F0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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Working Paper: Antidumping and Feed-In Tariffs as Good Buddies? Modeling the EU-China Solar Panel Dispute (2018)
Working Paper: Antidumping and Feed-In Tariffs as Good Buddies? Modeling the EU-China Solar Panel Dispute (2018)
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