Trade Costs and Deviations from the Law of One Price
为贸易成本与跨国相对价格的关系提供了理论基础,通过锡贸易市场的新套利方程检验,发现美日间存在一价定律证据,但洛杉矶市场存在价格歧视。
The link between relative prices across countries and trade costs requires a theoretical foundation that is absent in the literature to date. Empirical tests on the law of one price are based on an arbitrage equation, which is of very limited relevance in understanding this link. The application of a new set of arbitrage equations to the tin trade market yields results that are consistent with our theoretical expectations. We find evidence in favor of the law of one price between the United States and Japan. However, evidence of price discrimination is also found for the Los Angeles market.