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 modesof market access commitments inservices (cross-border and establishment) market structure, andregulation. In this context, we focus on theimpact of improved domestic market access for a foreign serviceprovider on a domestic service market. Wework with a model where the domestic industry is assumed to beimperfectly competitive and, as a result ofdomestic regulation, able to act as a cartel. We also examine theincentives for the domestic firms toaccommodate the entry of the foreign firm by inviting it to join thecartel.

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)
Date: 2000-07-31
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