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INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS & FINANCE
Volume 88, Issue -, Pages 1432-1443Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2023.07.025
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Strategic trade policy; Uncertainty; Incomplete information; Cournot competition
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This paper examines the trade policy design in a third market with incomplete information. Governments in both countries choose between direct quantity controls or export subsidies to benefit their firms in an international oligopoly. The findings suggest that the country with less information tends to employ direct quantity controls, while the country with well-informed firms resorts to export subsidies or export quotas when uncertainty is high or low, respectively.
This paper studies the design of trade policies in an uncertain third market with incomplete information. Governments in each of the two countries select either direct quantity controls or export subsidies in an attempt to shift profits in favor of their firms in an international oligopolistic setting. It is shown that the country with firms having an information disadvantage tends to choose direct quantity control, while the country with well-informed firms would use export subsidy (export quota, respectively) when the degree of uncertainty is sufficiently high (low, respectively).
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