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People smuggling syndicates: An oligopoly analysis in context of the Söderköping process

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  • Lundgren, Ted

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In the article, a model of oligopolistic (duopolistic) competition between two people smuggling syndicates is developed. I consider the Cournot and Stackelberg cases. First, the deterministic case is considered, where I show the conditions of profit maximisation for the syndicates. Then, a model with stochastic variables is introduced, where the number of migrants are random. It is shown that the deterministic case is but a special case of the stochastic one, when the distribution is concentrated in one point.

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  • Lundgren, Ted, 2008. "People smuggling syndicates: An oligopoly analysis in context of the Söderköping process," MPRA Paper 31951, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:31951
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    1. Emmanuelle Auriol & Alice Mesnard, 2016. "Sale of Visas: a Smuggler's Final Song?," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 83(332), pages 646-678, October.
    2. Auriol, Emmanuelle & Mesnard, Alice & Perrault, Tiffanie, 2023. "Temporary foreign work permits: Honing the tools to defeat human smuggling," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).

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    Keywords

    duopolistic competition; human smuggling; people smuggling; international migration; illegal migration; illegal immigration; people smuggling networks; people smuggling syndicates; people smugglers; oligopolistic theory; oligopoly; duopoly; illegal migrants;
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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets

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