Enforcing Domestic Quality Dominance through Quotas*

B-Tier
Journal: Review of International Economics
Year: 2005
Volume: 13
Issue: 2
Pages: 250-261

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We study duopoly competition between a domestic and a foreign firm who first choose their quality and then compete in prices in the domestic market. As is well known, the free‐trade equilibrium exhibits quality differentiation and indeterminacy of the quality leader. We show that an import quota can enforce, as the unique subgame‐perfect equilibrium outcome, the quality ranking that favors the domestic producer and thereby can increase domestic welfare.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:bla:reviec:v:13:y:2005:i:2:p:250-261
Journal Field
International
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24