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Relative Incentives and Trade Strategies: Typologies and Possibilities

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The paper investigates trade strategy classification within a general equilibrium framework which includes both tradeables and non‐tradeables. In a three‐sector model there is apparently a wider range of trade strategies available than in the traditional two‐sector model. Besides pure import‐substitution (IS) and export promotion (EP) policies, mixed IS/EP policies might seek (ex ante) to create a protradeables bias rather than approximate neutrality. However, the ex‐post outcome depends upon the substitution, complementarity and/or income effects of commercial policies on equilibrium relative prices. The paper demonstrates that the actual change in the incentive structure may differ from the intended strategy.

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  • Chris Milner, 1995. "Relative Incentives and Trade Strategies: Typologies and Possibilities," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 71(3), pages 230-239, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecorec:v:71:y:1995:i:3:p:230-239
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.1995.tb01890.x
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