Dissertation
Essays on Imperfect Competition and International Trade
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2015
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/6159
Abstract
This dissertation consists of three chapters based on product differentiation and increasing returns to scale. Chapter 1 studies a static monopolistic competition model with social indifference curves over a group of consumers and applies it to international trade and public economics. Chapter 2 examines the impacts of domestic and international trade costs on per-capita income in an economy where each individual exchanges with others to gain intermediate product diversity and economies of scale. Chapter 3 analyzes the impact of trade growth in manufacturing on the productivity growth in agriculture using a two-sector endogenous growth model.
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Details
- Title
- Essays on Imperfect Competition and International Trade
- Creators
- Xichao Wang
- Contributors
- Philip R Wandschneider (Advisor)Raymond G Batina (Committee Member)Mark J Gibson (Committee Member)Marketa H Wolfe (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Economic Sciences, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 100
- Identifiers
- 99900581438801842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation