Hopenhayn, Hugo A. Entry, Exit and Firm Dynamics in Long Run Equilibrium.pdfVIP

_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Report Information from ProQuest September 05 2012 01:30 _______________________________________________________________ Table of Contents 1. Trade, Environment, and Welfare in a Model of Monopolistic Competition 1 2. The Increasing Returns Revolution in Trade and Geography 2 3. International Economies of Scale and the Gains from Trade 3 4. ENTRY, EXIT, AND FIRM DYNAMICS IN LONG RUN EQUILIBRIUM 4 5. A Simple Theory of International Trade with Multinational Corporations 5 6. Multinationals, Multi-Plant Economies, and the Gains from Trade 6 7. National and International Returns to Scale in the Modern Theory of International Trade 8 8. Scale Economies, Product Differentiation, and the Pattern of Trade 9 05 September 2012 ii ProQuest 1 8 Trade, Environment, and Welfare in a Model of Monopolistic Competition : Das, Monica; Das, Sandwip K. : Eastern Economic Journal 38. 1 (Winter 2012): 37-56. ProQuest : In a North-South model of trade in which the market structure is monopolistically competitive, though Norths attempt to reduce pollution creates a pollution haven in South, its terms of trade improve and total number of varieties produced in the world economy may increase. The paper distinguishes between the direct and indirect welfare effects of Norths environmental policy. While the direct effect on welfare is due to abatement, indirect effects are results of the policys impact on prices, wages, outputs and varieties. A complex set of forces operate to determine indirect welfare effects of a tax or tariff on a pollution-causing raw material: the crucial factors are price