Market structure and the impact of imports on price cost margins

✍ Scribed by Elena Lopez; Rigoberto A. Lopez

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 447 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0889-938X
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00163601

✦ Synopsis

This paper provides a conceptual analysis of the impact of imports on domestic price-cost margins via the interaction of economies of scale, conjectural variations, and demand elasticities. Positive or negative impacts can be theoretically justified based on the relative strength of these factors.