The link between tariffs and imports in a country with endogenous industrial vertical structure and lenient control of concentrations: a good reason for two negotiators to care about antitrust



Document title: The link between tariffs and imports in a country with endogenous industrial vertical structure and lenient control of concentrations: a good reason for two negotiators to care about antitrust
Journal: FACEF pesquisa
Database: CLASE
System number: 000319806
ISSN: 1516-6503
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1Universite de Grenoble II (Universite Pierre Mendes-France), Grenoble, Isere. Francia
2Universite de Paris V (Rene Descartes), París. Francia
Year:
Volumen: 9
Number: 1
Pages: 103-113
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Descriptivo
English abstract In the recent years, there have been growing concerns among competition authorities that the reduction in governmental barriers to trade may not result in the expected increase in trade, because of the development of private anticompetitive practices. In the present article, we focus on the link between tariffs and imports on an intermediate market when local firms can react to the level of tariffs by adapting the vertical structure of the industry through mergers and/or divestitures. We show that successful commercial negotiations with a partner country that has a lenient control of mergers can have adverse effects on the exports of firms toward this country
Portuguese abstract Recentemente, as autoridades que regulamentam a concorrência têm percebido que a redução das barreiras governamentais ao comércio pode não resultar no aumento esperado do comércio, devido ao desenvolvimento de práticas anticompetitivas privadas. No presente artigo, abordamos a ligação entre tarifas e importações em um mercado intermediário, quando firmas locais podem reagir ao nível das tarifas adaptando a estrutura vertical da indústria através de fusões e/ou desinvestimentos. Mostramos que negociações comerciais bemsucedidas com um país parceiro que possua um controle leniente de fusões podem ter efeitos adversos sobre as exportações que empresas realizam para esse país
Disciplines: Economía
Keyword: Comercio internacional,
Política comercial,
Antimonopolio,
Integración vertical
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