Subsidios a la producción y delegación de la política comercial en una unión aduanera

  1. Méndez Naya, José
Journal:
Estudios de economía

ISSN: 0304-2758 0718-5286

Year of publication: 2002

Volume: 29

Issue: 2

Pages: 231-246

Type: Article

More publications in: Estudios de economía

Abstract

By using a reciprocal dumping model, this paper justifies the existing preferential trade agreements as being a reaction to a third country export subsidy. On the other hand, assuming that one of the member countries may set its production subsidies optimally, the effects on welfare derived from the delegation of customs union`s commercial policy are addressed. The main result obtained is that in a non-transferable utility context the union is not sustainable.