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Foreign market entry, upstream market power, and endogenous mode of downstream competition

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  • John Gilbert
  • Onur A. Koska
  • Reza Oladi

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In a differentiated duopoly model of trade and FDI featuring both horizontal and vertical product differentiation, we examine whether globalization and trade policy measures can generate welfare gains by leading firms to change their mode of competition. We show that when a high‐quality foreign variety is manufactured under large frictions due to upstream monopoly power, a foreign firm can become a Bertrand competitor against a Cournot local rival in equilibrium, especially when the relative product quality of the foreign variety is sufficiently high and trade costs are sufficiently low (implying higher input price distortions due to double marginalization). Our results suggest that such strategic asymmetry is welfare improving and that the availability of FDI as an alternative to trade can make welfare‐enhancing strategic asymmetry even more likely, especially when both input trade costs and fixed investment costs are sufficiently low and trade costs in final goods are sufficiently large.

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  • John Gilbert & Onur A. Koska & Reza Oladi, 2023. "Foreign market entry, upstream market power, and endogenous mode of downstream competition," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(1), pages 341-362, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:reviec:v:31:y:2023:i:1:p:341-362
    DOI: 10.1111/roie.12628
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