International trade with endogenous mode of competition in general equilibrium

J. Peter Neary and Joe Tharakan ()
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Joe Tharakan: Department of Economics, Université de Liège and Université catholique de Louvain, CORE, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

No 2011038, LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE from Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE)

Abstract: This paper endogenizes the extent of intra-sectoral competition in a multi-sectoral general-equilibrium model of oligopoly and trade. Firms choose capacity followed by prices. If the benefits of capacity investment in a given sector are below a threshold level, the sector exhibits Bertrand behaviour, otherwise it exhibits Cournot behaviour. By endogenizing the threshold parameter in general equilibrium, we show how exogenous shocks such as globalization and technological change alter the mix of sectors between “more” and “less” competitive, or Bertrand and Cournot, and affect the relative wages of skilled and unskilled workers, even in a “North-North” model with identical countries.

Keywords: Bertrand and Cournot competition; GOLE (General Oligopolistic Equilibrium); Kreps-Scheinkman; market integration; trade, technology and wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F10 F12 L13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-09-01
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Journal Article: International trade with endogenous mode of competition in general equilibrium (2012)
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