Subsidios a la producción y efectos derivados de la formación de una unión aduanera

  1. Méndez Naya, José
  2. Méndez Naya, Luciano
Journal:
Estudios de economía

ISSN: 0304-2758 0718-5286

Year of publication: 2001

Volume: 28

Issue: 2

Pages: 249-265

Type: Article

More publications in: Estudios de economía

Abstract

Using a three-country reciprocal dumping model, this paper analyses the effects of tariff unions on welfare taking the possibility of production subsidies into account. Production subsidies are found to prevent the deviation of trade. Results are also obtained suggesting that although universal free trade is the most efficient situation it is not an equilibrium situation, and that regional liberalization will therefore not lead to universal free trade.