Strategic tariffs, tariff jumping, and heterogeneous firms

European Economic Review

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 480-496

  Cole, Matthew T ^a   Davies, Ronald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Tariff competition; Tariff jumping

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GAME THEORY; HETEROGENEITY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRODUCTIVITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TARIFF STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79956067917     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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