When import competition is strong, domestic mergers can strengthen the incentives to seek trade protection. While intense foreign competition may support merger clearance under current practice, existing enforcement does not consider how mergers …
Policy choices often create trade-offs between workers and consumers. I examine how foreign competition alters the consumer welfare and domestic employment effects of mergers. I construct a model incorporating consumer demand, endogenous product …
Pass-through determines how consumers respond to Pigouvian taxes or unconventional fiscal policy. We investigate the impact of imperfect price information on pass-through of commodity taxes. Our theoretical model predicts that the pass-through rate …
The widespread availability of digital technologies has made mandatory price disclosure policies (MPD) a convenient tool for policymakers to increase price transparency and foster competition. The literature has shown that these can increase or …