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Journal of Economic Integration 1998 June;13(2) :199-215.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11130/jei.1998.13.2.199
Optimal Trade Policy in Vertically Related Markets

Fang-yueh Chen 

National Chung-Cheng University
Copyright ©1998 Journal of Economic Integration
ABSTRACT
We examine home country tariff and subsidy policies when a domestic firm uses an imported key input to produce its low-quality exports, and foreign firms produce high-quality exports as well as the key input. We show that the deci sions of foreign vertically integrated firms on strategy regarding input supply depend on the tariff-inclusive and quality-adjusted comparative advantage between countries. We prove that the home country's optimal policy is to tax either its goods exports or its key input imports. We also show that without vertical integration, if and only if goods are not very quality-differentiated, the home country should subsidize either its goods exports and/or its key input imports. (JEL Classification: F12, F13)
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