Theoretical Study of the International Division of Labor and the Industrial and Trade Policy under Economies of Scale and Imperfect Competition

• Project/Area Number: 20730148
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: SUGA Nobuhito Hokkaido University, 大学院・公共政策学連携研究部, 准教授 (70431377)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 国際分業 / 市場統合 / 寡占市場 / 独占的競争市場 / 外部的規模の経済 / 貿易 / 産業立地 / 輸送費 / 独占的競争 / 国際貿易 / 比較優位

Research Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate how the economic integration induced by trade liberalization and falling trade costs affects each country's industrial structure, trade pattern and welfare. In the analysis of this study, the special emphasis is placed on the role of economies of scale and imperfect competition as a determinant of the international division of labor. This study successfully sheds light on the effects of economic integration on each country in the general equilibrium framework with economies of scale and imperfect competition.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Trade and the Environment : Spatial Separation under Product Differentiation (2010)
  • Author(s): Nobuhito Suga, Makoto Tawada
  • Journal Title: The International Economy No.14 Pages: 95-112
  • NAID: 130004562646
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Trade and the Environment : Spatial Separation under Product Differentiation (2010)
  • Author(s): Nobuhito Suga, Makoto Tawada
  • Journal Title: The International Economy Volume: No.14 Pages: 95-112
  • NAID: 130004562646
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Chamberlinian Agglomeration Model with Footloose Capital and External Economies of Scale (2009)
  • Author(s): 須賀宣仁
  • Organizer: 名古屋国際経済研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 中京大学(名古屋市)
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-19
• [Presentation] A Two-Country Model of Oligopolistic Trade with External Economies of Scale (2008)
  • Author(s): 須賀宣仁
  • Organizer: International Coliferlence on 'Economic Integration, Trade and SPatial Structure'
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-18
• [Book] "A Two-Country Model of International Trade with Increasing Returns and Oligopoly" in B.Tran-Nam, N.V.Long and M.Tawada (eds), Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Volume 5, Globalization and Emerging Issues in Trade Theory_and Policy (2008)
  • Author(s): Kenji Fuliwara
  • Publisher: Emerald Publishing