Browsing by Subject "Globalization"

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Globalisation and market structure

Neary, J. Peter (University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2002-08-18)

This paper reviews some puzzling economic aspects of globalisation and argues that they cannot be satisfactorily addressed in perfectly or monopolistically competitive models. Drawing on recent work, a model of oligopoly ...
Royale with cheese : the effect of globalization on the variety of goods

Cole, Matthew T. ; Davies, Ronald B. (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-07)

The key result of the so-called “New Trade Theory” is that countries gain from falling trade costs by an increase in the number of varieties available to consumers. Though the number of varieties in a given country rises, ...
Which Path? Domestic adaptation to economic internationalization in Ireland

Hardiman, Niamh (University College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2004)

The growing integration of international markets raises the question of how, and to what extent, domestic political processes within states continue to matter. The thesis that markets force a 'race to the bottom' and the ...