Completing the Internal Market in the European Community: Some Industry Simulations.

This paper studies the effects of changes in the internal market of the European Community in a partial equilibrium model of imperfect competition with economies of scale. The model is numerically calibrated to data on ten industries and the effects on two policy changes are simulated. The first is...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Smith, A, Venables, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1988
_version_ 1826277133498974208
author Smith, A
Venables, A
author_facet Smith, A
Venables, A
author_sort Smith, A
collection OXFORD
description This paper studies the effects of changes in the internal market of the European Community in a partial equilibrium model of imperfect competition with economies of scale. The model is numerically calibrated to data on ten industries and the effects on two policy changes are simulated. The first is a reduction in intra- EC trade barriers; the second is the elimination of firms' ability to price discriminate between different national markets. The simple reduction in intra-EC trade barriers generates modest welfare gains, but much more substantial gains are associated with integration of national markets into a single European market.
first_indexed 2024-03-06T23:24:18Z
format Journal article
id oxford-uuid:69d85bfb-2e9c-4cec-b8fe-1936a99e954e
institution University of Oxford
language English
last_indexed 2024-03-06T23:24:18Z
publishDate 1988
record_format dspace
spelling oxford-uuid:69d85bfb-2e9c-4cec-b8fe-1936a99e954e2022-03-26T18:53:36ZCompleting the Internal Market in the European Community: Some Industry Simulations.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:69d85bfb-2e9c-4cec-b8fe-1936a99e954eEnglishDepartment of Economics - ePrints1988Smith, AVenables, AThis paper studies the effects of changes in the internal market of the European Community in a partial equilibrium model of imperfect competition with economies of scale. The model is numerically calibrated to data on ten industries and the effects on two policy changes are simulated. The first is a reduction in intra- EC trade barriers; the second is the elimination of firms' ability to price discriminate between different national markets. The simple reduction in intra-EC trade barriers generates modest welfare gains, but much more substantial gains are associated with integration of national markets into a single European market.
spellingShingle Smith, A
Venables, A
Completing the Internal Market in the European Community: Some Industry Simulations.
title Completing the Internal Market in the European Community: Some Industry Simulations.
title_full Completing the Internal Market in the European Community: Some Industry Simulations.
title_fullStr Completing the Internal Market in the European Community: Some Industry Simulations.
title_full_unstemmed Completing the Internal Market in the European Community: Some Industry Simulations.
title_short Completing the Internal Market in the European Community: Some Industry Simulations.
title_sort completing the internal market in the european community some industry simulations
work_keys_str_mv AT smitha completingtheinternalmarketintheeuropeancommunitysomeindustrysimulations
AT venablesa completingtheinternalmarketintheeuropeancommunitysomeindustrysimulations