2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2010.01628.x
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Trade costs and the timing of competition policy adoption

Abstract: This paper first presents stylized evidence showing how the date of the adoption of competition policy is correlated with country size. Smaller countries tend to adopt competition policy later. We then present a theoretical model with countries of different size, trade costs, and firms competingà la Cournot. In the model we show that reduced trade costs following from increasing globalization affect countries differently depending on their size. This has implications for the incentives to introduce competition… Show more

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“…The literature on trade and competition policy is also related (De Stefano and Rysman, ; Forslid et al, ; Horn and Levinsohn, ; Richardson, ; Takahashi, ).…”
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“…The literature on trade and competition policy is also related (De Stefano and Rysman, ; Forslid et al, ; Horn and Levinsohn, ; Richardson, ; Takahashi, ).…”
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confidence: 99%