Essays on growth, competition and international trade

Abstract

This thesis is composed of three independent papers. In the first paper, I revisit the competition-innovation debate in light of the recent empirical evidence on the effects of increased exposure to China product competition. In the second paper, I investigate how static distortions present in the sectoral goods market affect growth incentives in open economies. Finally, in the last paper, we develop an extension of the dynamic trade model and analyze how increases in import tariff on a particular type of good affects the production choices and trade pattern of the economy.