Browsing by Subject "Monopolistic competition"

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The choice of modeling firm heterogeneity and trade restrictions

Cole, Matthew T. (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2009-10-23)

There has been great focus in the recent trade theory literature on the introduction of firm heterogeneity into trade models. However, these models tend to rely heavily on symmetry assumptions and assume melting iceberg ...
Distorted trade barriers : a comment on “distorted gravity"

Cole, Matthew T. (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-06)

Since firm heterogeneity has been introduced into international trade models, the importance of firm entry and exit (the extensive margin) has been highlighted. Thomas Chaney (2008) illustrates how accounting for ...
Monopolistic competition and international trade theory

Neary, J. Peter (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2000-12-11)

Almost twenty-five years after the appearance of Dixit and Stiglitz’s paper on monopolistic competition and optimum product diversity, I try to take stock of the progres which has been made in applying their approach to ...
Not all trade restrictions are created equally

Cole, Matthew T. (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-04)

There has been great focus in the recent trade theory literature on the introduction of firm heterogeneity into trade models. This introduction has highlighted the importance of the entry/exit decision of firms in response ...