A customs union with multinational firms: the automobile market in Argentina and Brazil

This paper looks empirically into the behavior of multinational firms in international oligopolistic markets with trade balance constraints. I show how a particular form of non-tari barrier applied at the firm level can lead to an increase in trade flows in the presence of intra-firm strategic trade...

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Autor principal: Brambilla, Irene
Formato: Articulo Documento de trabajo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2005
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/128434
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topic Ciencias Económicas
Multinational firms
International oligopolistic markets
Automobile sector
Argentina
Brasil
spellingShingle Ciencias Económicas
Multinational firms
International oligopolistic markets
Automobile sector
Argentina
Brasil
Brambilla, Irene
A customs union with multinational firms: the automobile market in Argentina and Brazil
topic_facet Ciencias Económicas
Multinational firms
International oligopolistic markets
Automobile sector
Argentina
Brasil
description This paper looks empirically into the behavior of multinational firms in international oligopolistic markets with trade balance constraints. I show how a particular form of non-tari barrier applied at the firm level can lead to an increase in trade flows in the presence of intra-firm strategic trade. In my application, I estimate a model of demand, supply and trade policy in the automobile sector in Argentina and Brazil during 1996-1999. I measure the economic impact of a trade balance constraint that was in eect during that period and I compute predicted economic outcomes for the full adoption of a customs union, as has been agreed as part of the Mercosur negotiations, separating the sometimes opposing impacts of the removal of non-tari
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Documento de trabajo
author Brambilla, Irene
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title A customs union with multinational firms: the automobile market in Argentina and Brazil
title_short A customs union with multinational firms: the automobile market in Argentina and Brazil
title_full A customs union with multinational firms: the automobile market in Argentina and Brazil
title_fullStr A customs union with multinational firms: the automobile market in Argentina and Brazil
title_full_unstemmed A customs union with multinational firms: the automobile market in Argentina and Brazil
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