This thesis studies how firms in an imperfectly competitive industry adjust their market strategies (such as prices, product quality, and exporting decisions) in response to varying market conditions. The first chapter develops a theoretical model on how firms decide on their product scope (the number of product varieties offered by the firms) in response to varying trade costs (such as transportation distances, exchange rate volatility, and tariff rates). The model predicts that firms export fewer varieties to destinations that are farther away from the home country, or that are subject to higher tariff rate or greater exchange rate volatility. The predictions of the model are tested by employing the Chinese firm-level data from the years ...
Chapter 1 examines how trade liberalization affects unit value export prices via firms 'import decis...
Based on the recent trade models of the Heterogeneous Firms Trade (HFT) model and the Quality Hetero...
This paper examines the effects of tariffs on price setting duopolists selling a homogeneous product...
This thesis investigates the impacts of changes in the trading environment on the behavior and perfo...
This thesis focuses on the economics of quality differentiation. It consists of three chapters. The...
We examine the global operations of multi-product firms. We present a flexible heterogeneous-firm tr...
This thesis is primarily concerned with the role of both scale economies and demand differences betw...
In a vertically differentiated industry a domestic and a foreign firm first choose the quality of th...
Competitive Market Segmentation Abstract In a two-firm model where each firm sells a high-qualit...
This Thesis presents three essays in the area of strategic trade theory and policy. The first essay...
We investigate what kind of competitive pressure induces existing firms to engage in more intensive ...
This study considers an oligopoly model with simultaneous price and quality choice. Ex-ante homogene...
This thesis consists of three essays which contribute to the theory of product quality and strategic...
We model an oligopoly where firms can choose the quality level of their products by incurring set-up...
This paper develops a model of multi-product firms with endogenous quality across products within a ...
Chapter 1 examines how trade liberalization affects unit value export prices via firms 'import decis...
Based on the recent trade models of the Heterogeneous Firms Trade (HFT) model and the Quality Hetero...
This paper examines the effects of tariffs on price setting duopolists selling a homogeneous product...
This thesis investigates the impacts of changes in the trading environment on the behavior and perfo...
This thesis focuses on the economics of quality differentiation. It consists of three chapters. The...
We examine the global operations of multi-product firms. We present a flexible heterogeneous-firm tr...
This thesis is primarily concerned with the role of both scale economies and demand differences betw...
In a vertically differentiated industry a domestic and a foreign firm first choose the quality of th...
Competitive Market Segmentation Abstract In a two-firm model where each firm sells a high-qualit...
This Thesis presents three essays in the area of strategic trade theory and policy. The first essay...
We investigate what kind of competitive pressure induces existing firms to engage in more intensive ...
This study considers an oligopoly model with simultaneous price and quality choice. Ex-ante homogene...
This thesis consists of three essays which contribute to the theory of product quality and strategic...
We model an oligopoly where firms can choose the quality level of their products by incurring set-up...
This paper develops a model of multi-product firms with endogenous quality across products within a ...
Chapter 1 examines how trade liberalization affects unit value export prices via firms 'import decis...
Based on the recent trade models of the Heterogeneous Firms Trade (HFT) model and the Quality Hetero...
This paper examines the effects of tariffs on price setting duopolists selling a homogeneous product...