Security and Price Arbitrage

Maria Garcia-Alonso

Studies in Economics from School of Economics, University of Kent

Abstract: We examine the effect of international price arbitrage on the effectiveness of unilateral export controls. The restriction on the quality of exports of security sensitive products limits the outside option of domestic customers: if the product available on the international market is of low quality the firm can charge a high price to domestic customers for its latest technology. This effect leads the government to set looser export controls on security sensitive products.

Keywords: Arms Control; Price Arbitrage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D74 F10 L13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000-03
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