Trade and Competition Policies: Concordia Discors?

Martin Richardson

Chapter 11 in Dimensions of Trade Policy, 2017, pp 221-242 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: In a simple model of trade and competition policies we show that the abolition of trade restrictions may lead to governments independently choosing more competitive competition policies. Subsequent co-ordination of competition policy involves encouraging less competitive behaviour than when such policies are not co-ordinated and may involve disharmonisation, in a sense made clear in the paper. Adding a third country, simulation results indicate that non-member concerns about customs union formation may be well-founded, particularly when the union goes beyond mere trade policy co-ordination (which may be needed to make it attractive to members in the first place).

Keywords: Trade Policy; Preferential Trading Agreements; Content Protection; Parallel Imports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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