Le secteur du commerce de detail connait d'importantes turbulences. Les commercants doivent composer avec un environnement concurrentiel de plus en plus international, et des acteurs importants provenant des autres continents prennent place dans cette nouvelle economie globale. Comment reagir,...

L'esentiel de l'etude porte sur l'analyse detaillee du niveau et des ressources de la competitivite du secteur manufacturier malien. Les resultats de l'analyse nous permettent de conclure que, de maniere generale, la manufacture malienne n'est pas competitive.

This paper examines interbrand competition between a domestic and a foreign manufacturer who market their products through intermediaries. The contracts manufacturers offer these intermediaries are endogenous. In equilibrium contracts may specify exclusive territories (ET), depending on the...

In this paper, the authors consider a European industry characterized by vertical product differentiation. Using a two-stages model with quality choice made before price competition takes place, the authors show that EU antidumping policy that takes the form of price-undertaking offers a...

Competitiveness is a hotly-debated topic among policy-makers and businessmen throughout the world. Yet it has been the subject of surprisingly little rigorous economic analysis. The paper presents a method which draws on economic theory to measure competitiveness and its sources at the firm- and...

MERCOSUR, the "Common Market of the Southern Cone," was established to liberalize the movement of goods and services, eliminate customs duties, and coordinate macroeconomic and sectoral polices. Competition policy has been the subject of coordination at the MERCOSUR level. This paper provides an...

In this paper, we simulate the impact of removing all tariffs on imports under both competitive and Cournot oligopoly market structures with and without barriers to entry and exit.

Competitiveness is a hotly-debated topic among policy-makers and businessmen throughout the world. Yet it has been the subject of surprisingly little rigorous economic analysis. The paper presents a method which draws on economic theory to measure competitiveness and its sources at the firm- and...