Auction Quotas with a Foreign Duopoly

Author/Editor:

Ling H Tan

Publication Date:

March 1, 2000

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper uses a partial equilibrium framework to compare the welfare consequences of different methods of quota administration relative to free trade under imperfect competition. It shows that a country importing a good from foreign duopolists may improve its welfare by setting a quota at the free trade quantity and giving a fraction of the quota licenses to the duopolists while auctioning off the rest.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2000/065

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

March 1, 2000

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451848670/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0652000

Pages:

21

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