Artikel

Markups in a two-country monopolistic competition model of trade with heterogeneous consumers

The paper develops a two-country monopolistic competition model of trade featuring country-specific consumer tastes. The accounting for heterogeneity in tastes is achieved by assuming different elasticities of substitution in the CES utility function for different country consumers. The proposed framework extends the canonical Krugman's approach by revealing new effects regarding markups response to consumer heterogeneity and trade liberalization. Specifically, the model predicts that, depending on the preference structure, trade liberalization may lead either to decrease or increase in the level of markups, charged by monopolistically competitive firms across destination countries.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Journal of Economic Structures ; ISSN: 2193-2409 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 13 ; Pages: 1-12 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
Market Structure, Pricing, and Design: Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection
Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
Thema
Heterogeneous consumers
Monopolistic competition
CES utility function
International trade
Markups

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Oésarin, Aleksandr
Verbus, Valerij
Bakunina, Irina
Silaeva, Vera
Silaeva, Marina
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Springer
(wo)
Heidelberg
(wann)
2020

DOI
doi:10.1186/s40008-020-0179-6
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Oésarin, Aleksandr
  • Verbus, Valerij
  • Bakunina, Irina
  • Silaeva, Vera
  • Silaeva, Marina
  • Springer

Entstanden

  • 2020

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