Queen's Institute for Economic Research Discussion Papers

It is a well-known theorem in international trade that a Nash equilibrium between two countries that set optimal quotas non-cooperatively is the complete elimination of i [...]

We develop a dynamic general equilibrium model of economic development with altruism in which the evolution of the extent of entrepreneurship, the rate of rural-urban mig [...]

Corresponding to current national wealth as discounted future optimal consumption (Weitzman [19761) we observe current national wealth to be the value of net accumulated [...]

This paper examines the transitional dynamics of economic integration in the two country endogenous growth model of Rivera-Batiz and Romer (1991) and in an extension by R [...]

This paper extends the economic literature on the incomplete enforcement of social regulation by incorporating regulatory choice in an institutional environment of limite [...]

Most work on valuing the recreational benefits of public forests has concentrated on arriving at consumers surplus per visit figures, using either the travel cost method, [...]

This paper considers the ways in which information can impact contingent valuation estimates of environmental values. The Hoehn/Randall distinction between value formulat [...]

An intertemporal partial equilibrium model of the U.S. steel industry is developed which stresses imperfect competition, and the interaction between the large declining i [...]

The implications of demand and cost fluctuations, both anticipated and uncertain, for the international distribution of industrial excess capacity are explored. Three par [...]

This paper reviews the strategic trade literature in oligopolistic industries beginning with the Brander-Spencer (1984) model of duopolistic international rent-shifting. [...]