Within a multi-sectoral general equilibrium framework, we explicitly model either competitive or Cournot oligopolistic commodities market structures. The model is used to assess the impact of trade liberalization on Tunisia economy. We show that the results are different from those obtained with...

Throughout the long postwar period, crisis was a conjectural phenomenon and the exception in a normalcy of growth and social progress. Many key concepts of the social sciences - indeed, our understanding of democracy, embedded markets, enlightened electorates, benevolent political elites, and...