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Optimal design of trade agreements in the presence of renegotiation

Maggi, Giovanni; Staiger, Robert W.

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We study the optimal design of trade agreements when governments can renegotiate after the resolution of uncertainty but compensation between them is inefficient. In equilibrium, renegotiation always results in trade liberalization, not protection. The optimal contract may be a 'property rule' or a 'liability rule.' High uncertainty favors liability over property rules, while asymmetries in bargaining power favor property over liability rules. Moreover, optimal property rules are never renegotiated. With a cost of renegotiation, property rules are favored when this cost is higher, reversing a central conclusion of the law-and-economics literature.

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Tipo
Artigo científico
Ano
2015
Instituição
Amer Economic Assoc
Idioma
Inglês
Acesso
Acesso restrito
Identificador
oai:repositorio.fgv.br:10438/23457

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