Trade Poilcy and Endogenous Choice of Product Characteristics

2020 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K03706
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Gakushuin University
• Principal Investigator: Mukunoki Hiroshi 学習院大学, 経済学部, 教授 (90365065)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 小森谷 徳純 中央大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (40548088)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Keywords: 貿易政策 / 製品差別化 / アンチダンピング / 地域貿易協定 / ライセンシング

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, we reexamined the effects of trade policies, such as regional trade agreements and transfer pricing taxation, which have become more important in recent years. In particular, we reassessed the effects of trade policy, taking into account corporate behavior that affects demand such as product differentiation, intra-industry trade that has been increasing in recent years, and the existence of technology licenses. The results have shown that firms' product differentiation and transfer pricing change the impact of various trade policies.

Free Research Field

国際貿易論

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年、移転価格による税逃れや、ライセンシングを通じた技術供与、さらに製品の差別化による競争の回避など、グローバル化が進行するなかでの企業戦略は多様化している。本研究課題における一連の成果は、これらの企業戦略が貿易政策の影響を変化させることを明らかにしており、学術的に新規性があるのみならず、地域貿易協定の締結やアンチダンピング措置の発動といった、現実の政策立案にも重要な示唆を与える。