Browsing Economic and Social Review by Author "Leahy, Dermot"
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Import protection as export promotion in oligopolistic markets with R & D
Leahy, Dermot (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1991)Can import protection ever act as export promotion? One reason that this is an important question is that it has often been argued that import protection is an explanation of Japanese export success since the war. Yamamura ... -
Tariff policy towards a monopolist in the presence of persuasive advertising
Leahy, Dermot (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)This paper considers the positive and normative aspects of tariffs and advertising taxes in a situation in which a foreign monopolist chooses advertising as well as output. On the positive side it is shown that under certain ... -
Time consistency, learning by doing and infant-industry protection: The linear case
Leahy, Dermot; Neary, J. Peter (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1994)This paper examines the implications for strategic trade policy of diiferent assumptions about precommitment in a dynamic oligopoly game with learning by doing. Assuming that demands are linear, we find that the optimal ...