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The Theory of State Trading Enterprises

Research Project

Project/Area Number 23730253
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Applied economics
Research InstitutionChukyo University

Principal Investigator

TOMARU Yoshihiro  中京大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (30453971)

Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2012
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords国際貿易論 / 国家貿易企業 / 理論研究 / 応用理論研究
Research Abstract

Some developing countries control imports and domestic procurement by using State Trading Enterprises to assure consumers' benefits. From the classic trade theory, free trade shall be able to accomplish this. Why do some developing countries rescind their STEs to achieve their aims? This study attempts to resolve this paradox.
To do this, I establish a small-open-economy model where an STE controls the imports to maximize consumer surplus, whereas the government controls domestic procurement by setting the producer price to maximize the welfare biased towards the producers' profits. This model setting implies a possibility that the objective of STEs is different from that of the governments. The model showed that when the elasticity of supply is large relative to that of demand in the small importing country, sustaining the STE is the government-objective-superior to free trade and tariff.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2013 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2012 Research-status Report
  • 2011 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2014 2013 2012 2011

All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 8 results) Presentation (4 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Mixed Duopoly, Privatization and Subsidization with Excess Burden of Taxation2013

    • Author(s)
      T.Matsumura and Y.Tomaru
    • Journal Title

      Canadian Journal of Economics

      Volume: vol.46 Pages: 526-554

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 貿易自由化と公企業の技術2013

    • Author(s)
      都丸善央
    • Journal Title

      中京大学経済学論叢

      Volume: vol.24 Pages: 103-118

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report 2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Mixed Duopoly, Privatization, and Subsidization with Excess Burden of Taxation.2013

    • Author(s)
      Toshihiro Matsumura, Yoshihiro Tomaru
    • Journal Title

      Canadian Journal of Economics

      Volume: 46(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 526-554

    • DOI

      10.1111/caje.12022

    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Mixed Duopoly, Privatization and Subsidization with Excess Burden of Taxation2013

    • Author(s)
      Toshihiro Matsumura and Yoshihiro Tomaru
    • Journal Title

      Canadian Journal of Economics

      Volume: 46 Pages: 1-29

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Interregional Mixed Oligopoly, with a Vertical Structure of government2012

    • Author(s)
      Y.Tomaru and Y.Nakamura
    • Journal Title

      Australian Economic Papers

      Volume: vol.51 Pages: 38-54

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Market Structure and Privatization Policy under International Competition2012

    • Author(s)
      T.Matsumura and Y.Tomaru
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Economic Review

      Volume: vol.63 Pages: 244-258

    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Inter-regional mixed oligopoly with a vertical structure of government2012

    • Author(s)
      Yoshihiro Tomaru and Yasuhiko Nakamura
    • Journal Title

      Australian Economic Papers

      Volume: Vol.51 Issue: 1 Pages: 38-54

    • DOI

      10.1111/j.1467-8454.2012.00421.x

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report 2011 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Market Structure and Privatization Policy under International Competition.2012

    • Author(s)
      Toshihiro Matsumura, Yoshihiro Tomaru
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Economic Review

      Volume: 63(2) Issue: 2 Pages: 244-258

    • DOI

      10.1111/j.1468-5876.2012.00572.x

    • Related Report
      2012 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] State Trading Enterprises and Political Influences in a Small Importing Country2013

    • Author(s)
      都丸善央
    • Organizer
      4^<th> International Conference on "Economics of Global Interactions : New perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility, and Development
    • Place of Presentation
      バーリ大学、イタリア
    • Year and Date
      2013-09-17
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] State Trading Enterprises and Political Influence in a Small Importing Country2013

    • Author(s)
      Yoshihiro Tomaru
    • Organizer
      4th International Conference on "Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility and Development,"
    • Place of Presentation
      バーリ大学(イタリア)
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Does Trade Liberalization Improve Public Firms' Productive Efficiency?2011

    • Author(s)
      都丸善央
    • Organizer
      日本応用経済学会
    • Place of Presentation
      中京大学
    • Year and Date
      2011-06-26
    • Related Report
      2013 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Does Trade Liberalization Improve Public Firms’Productive Efficiency?2011

    • Author(s)
      都丸善央
    • Organizer
      日本応用経済学会
    • Place of Presentation
      中京大学
    • Related Report
      2011 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 公私企業間競争と民営化の経済分析2014

    • Author(s)
      都丸善央
    • Total Pages
      204
    • Publisher
      勁草書房
    • Related Report
      2013 Annual Research Report 2013 Final Research Report

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Published: 2011-08-05   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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