2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Technology Choice and Trade Policy in International Oligopolistic Market
| Project/Area Number |
20730170
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Applied economics
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
NOMURA Ryoichi Ritsumeikan University, 政治経済学部, 講師 (60465599)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Keywords | FTA / 輸出補助金 / 技術選択 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research investigates whether a formation of bilateral FTA between dissimilar countries becomes a building bloc for multilateral free trade. We obtain the following results: (i) a bilateral FTA can be formed unless the market sizes of the negotiating countries are quite different, and (ii) a bilateral FTA can be a building bloc for free trade through the formation of overlapping FTAs only when the initial FTA is formed between relatively large countries. These results imply that multilateral free trade can be realized when FTAs between developed countries are formed firstly and then FTAs between developed and developing countries are formed.
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[Remarks] R. Nomura, T. Ohkawa, M. Okamura, and M. Tawada, "Does a Bilateral FTA Pave the way for Free Trade?", Working Papers (Graduate School of Economics, Tokai University), No. 2009-01, 2009.
