Arbeitspapier

Spillovers from Foreign Exporters

We develop a general equilibrium model of international trade with heterogeneous firms that accounts for productivity spillovers transmitted by foreign exporters. Everything else equal, stronger spillovers increase welfare. We embed the model framework into a trade policy scenario where countries strategically set inter-country variable trade costs for the trading partner. In the strategic Nash-equilibrium policy, governments trade-off welfare gains from protectionism and those which are due to spillovers from foreign exporters. The equilibrium degree of protectionism is decreasing in the strength of the spillover. Policy coordination induces welfare gains, but these gains can be humpshaped in the spillover strength.

ISBN
978-3-86788-455-6
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Ruhr Economic Papers ; No. 400

Classification
Wirtschaft
Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
Subject
spillovers
heterogeneous firms

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Bohnstedt, Anna
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
(where)
Essen
(when)
2013

DOI
doi:10.4419/86788455
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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Bohnstedt, Anna
  • Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)

Time of origin

  • 2013

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