Browsing Department of Economics by Author "Zissimos, Ben"

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    • Competition over Standards and Taxes 
      Groenert, Valeska; Wooders, Myrna; Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2008)
      We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over standards and taxes, the developing country may have a 'second mover advantage.' A key feature of standards is that, unlike public goods ...
    • Developing Country Second-Mover Advantage in Competition over Environmental Standards and Taxes 
      Groenert, Valeska; Wooders, Myrna; Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2010)
      Abstract: We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over environmental standards and taxes, the developing country may have a 'second- mover advantage.' In our model, firms do not ...
    • Developing Country Second-Mover Advantage in Competition over Environmental Standards and Taxes 
      Groenert, Valeska; Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2011)
      We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over environmental standards and taxes, the developing country may have a `second-mover advantage.' In our model, firms do not unanimously ...
    • Developing Country Second-Mover Advantage in Competition Over Standards and Taxes 
      Groenert, Valeska; Wooders, Myrna; Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2009)
      We show that, in competition between a developed country and a developing country over environmental standards and taxes, the developing country may have a 'second-mover advantage.' In our model, firms do not unanimously ...
    • Is the WTO's Article XXIV Bad? 
      Mrazova, Monika; Vines, David; Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2009)
      This paper shows that the WTO's Article XXIV increases the likelihood of free trade, but may worsen world welfare when free trade is not reached and customs unions (CUs) form. We consider a model of many countries. Article ...
    • Optimim Tariffs and Retaliation: How Country Numbers Matter 
      Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2009)
      This paper identifies a new terms-of-trade externality that is exercised through tariff setting. A North-South model of international trade is introduced in which the number of countries in each region can be varied. As ...
    • Optimum Tariffs and Retaliation: How Country Numbers Matter 
      Bloch, Francis; Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2008)
      This paper presents a North-South model of international trade in which (i) there is a relatively small number of countries in the North and (ii) the North is relatively abundant in capital while the South is relatively ...
    • Pampered Bureaucracy and Trade Liberalization 
      Stroup, Caleb; Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2010)
      This paper shows how a nation's elite maintain ownership of their wealth by creating a `pampered bureaucracy.' The elite thus divert part of an otherwise entrepreneurial middle class from more productive manufacturing ...
    • Public Good Differentiation and the Intensity of Tax Competition 
      Zissimos, Ben; Wooders, Myrna (Vanderbilt University, 2007)
      We show that, in a setting where tax competition promotes efficiency, variation in the extent to which firms can use public goods to reduce costs brings about a reduction in the intensity of tax competition. This in turn ...
    • Relaxing Tax Competition through Public Good Differentiation 
      Zissimos, Ben; Wooders, Myrna H. (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      This paper argues that, because governments are able to relax tax competition through public good differentiation, traditionally high-tax countries have continued to set taxes at a relatively high rate even as markets have ...
    • Social Conflict and the Stolper-Samuelson Theorem 
      Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2011)
      This paper presents a new theory of trade policy-making based on the possibility of social conflict, and determines the conditions under which it will apply. In a setting where property rights are poorly enforced, the paper ...
    • Tax Competition Reconsidered 
      Dhillon, Amrita; Wooders, Myrna; Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      In a classic model of tax competition, we show that the level of public good provision and taxation in a decentralized equilibrium can be efficient or inefficient with either too much, or too little public good provision. ...
    • The GATT and Gradualism 
      Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      This paper shows how the institutional rules imposed on its signatories by the GATT created a strategic incentive for countries to liberalize gradually. Trade liberalization must be gradual, and free trade can never be ...
    • The Structure and Performance of the World Market in a Cobb-Douglas Example 
      Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2006)
      In an international trading economy where countries set tariffs strategically, modeled using a Cobb-Douglas example, this paper studies the relationship between the structure and the performance of the world market. Using ...
    • Why are Trade Agreements Regional? 
      Zissimos, Ben (Vanderbilt University, 2010)
      This paper shows how distance may be used to coordinate on a unique equilibrium in which trade agreements are regional. Trade agreement formation is modeled as coalition formation. In a standard trade model with no distance ...