Optimal Strategic Trade Policy under Asymmetric Information
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چکیده
When cost is private information in the Brander{Spencer model, the home government is confronted by a decision of choosing between two policy options: a menu of policies and a uniform policy. The former induces separation and so reveals the cost information to the foreign competitors. The latter helps the weak ̄rm by concealing the cost information. The main result from this study is that policy menu is preferred to uniform policy under Cournot competition while the opposite occurs under Bertrand competition. JEL Classi ̄cation No.: F13
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