Yan-Shu Lin

On the Equivalence of Tariffs and Quotas under a Revenue Constraint

Jiunn-Rong Chiou, Hong Hwang, Yan-Shu Lin

This paper sets out a duopolistic model to examine the price and welfare equivalence of tariffs and quotas, given the quota rent is equal to the tariff revenue. It shows that the domestic welfare...

SPATIAL PERFECT COMPETITION: A UNIFORM DELIVERED PRICING MODEL

Hiroshi Ohta, Yan-Shu Lin, MasaK. Naito

Spatial competition is often probed in terms of spatial oligopoly and/or monopolistic competition in the literature. This paper considers spatial competition as a form of perfect competition, in the...

ALTERNATIVE OPTIMAL TRADE POLICIES IN THE PRESENCE OF FOREIGN INPUT MONOPOLY

Hong Hwang, Yan-shu Lin, Chao-cheng Mai

This paper develops a generalized three-country model with downstream and upstream industries to analyze optimal import and export trade policies in the presence of monopoly distortion in a foreign...

Optimal Trade Policies and Production Technology in Vertically Related Markets *

Hong Hwang, Yan-Shu Lin, Ya-Po Yang

This paper shows that optimal trade policies for vertically related markets depend crucially on production technology. By employing a production function with variable-coefficient technology, it...

On the optimal production and location of a labor-managed firm

Hong Hwang, Chao-cheng Mai, Yan-Shu Lin

This paper endeavors to introduce space into the theory of the Labor-Managed firm (LMF) and to investigate its optimal production and location decisions. It is shown that the degree of returns to...

“Buy Domestic” Campaigns and Optimal Tariffs

Jiunn-Rong Chiou, Jin-Li Hu, Yan-Shu Lin

product differentiation, ‘buy domestic’ campaigns, optimal tariffs, strategic trade policy, F12, F13, D11,