National Security or Private Profits? Trade in Dual-Use Commodities
Denise Eby Konan, Natalia Tabatchnaia-Tamirisa
This paper develops a simple model of imperfectly competitive trade in commodities with both military and civilian applications, a.k.a. dual-use commodities. We consider the role of export barriers...
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in a Transition Economy
Market perestroika and integration into the world economy require strengthening protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in transition economies like Russia. This paper examines patterns and...
Trade Liberalization and Industry Protection in Russia
This paper presents an endogenous growth model for two regions with assymetric initial stocks of knowledge. The novel features of the paper lie in modelling the differentiation of regions into an...