Trade Policy and Access to Retail Distribution

Richardson, Martin

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Trade Policy and Access to Retail Distribution

Date

2004

Authors

Richardson, Martin

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

The paper develops a model in which foreign and domestic manufacturers producing differentiated goods sell through spatially differentiated retailers. There is free entry into retailing but access to the retail distribution network (by manufacturers) may