Tariffs and imports mis-invoicing under oligopoly

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Mis-match of trade statistics between developed and developing countries indicate a substantial mis-invoicing of trade figures, primarily by developing country traders. This is due to the inflexible exchange rate regimes, severe import restrictions and export subsidies prevailing in LDCs. In this paper we focus on the import under-invoicing due to high tariff barriers in a market where domestic producers compete with importers. Specifically, we examine how tariff levels, market structure and government intervention (in the form of intensity of monitoring and severity of penalties) affect the levels of under-invoicing. We also look at the optimal levels of import tariff and instruments of government intervention in these circumstances.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Dresden Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 06/10

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
• Subject: import tariff ; under-invoicing ; Cournot oligopoly ; Import ; Zollpolitik ; Protektionismus ; Importhandel ; Außenhandelspreis ; Betrug ; Wettbewerbsbeschränkung ; Oligopol ; Schattenwirtschaft ; Theorie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Biswas, Amit K. ; Sengupta, Sarbajit
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften
• (where): Dresden
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/39797
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