研討日期

201612日上午10:20 ~ 12:00

研討地點

台大社會科學院710討論

主講題目

Backfiring with backhaul problems

作者

Jota Ishikawa and Nori Tarui

文獻出處

 

主講人

曹古駒

參加人員

曹古駒、王佳琪、林燕淑、呂得成、林晏如、梁文榮、周冰瑤、高國峯、王光正、陳金盛、彭正浩

摘要

Trade barriers due to transport costs are as large as those due to tari↵s. This paper explicitly incorporates the transport sector into the framework of international oligopoly and studies the e↵ects of trade and industrial policies. Transport firms need to commit to a shipping capacity sufficient for a round trip, with a possible imbalance of shipping volumes in two directions. Because of this “backhaul problem”, trade restrictions may backfire: domestic import restrictions may also decrease domestic exports, possibly harming domestic firms and benefiting foreign firms. In addition, trade policy in one sector may a↵ect other independent sectors.