Pk. Goldberg, PRODUCT DIFFERENTIATION AND OLIGOPOLY IN INTERNATIONAL MARKETS - THE CASE OF THE UNITED-STATES AUTOMOBILE-INDUSTRY, Econometrica, 63(4), 1995, pp. 891-951
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Economics,"Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods","Mathematical, Methods, Social Sciences
This paper develops and estimates a model of the U.S. Automobile Indus
try. On the demand side, a discrete choice model is adopted, that is e
stimated using micro data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey. The es
timation results are used in conjunction with population weights to de
rive aggregate demand. On the supply side, the automobile industry is
modelled as an oligopoly with product differentiation. Equilibrium is
characterized by the first order conditions of the profit maximizing f
irms. The estimation results are used in counterfactual simulations to
investigate two trade policy issues: the effects of the VER, and exch
ange rate pass-through.