We study a multi-country trade model with two types of countries (big and small ones). The model generalizes the case of two countries analyzed in [Bykadorov I., Molchanov P., Kokovin S. (2015), “Elusive Pro-competitive Effects and Harm from Gradual Trade Liberalization, “Preprint 295,...

We explore the impact of reciprocal, specific or ad valorem, import tariffs on welfare among N symmetric countries (a free-trade agreement)—using the standard Krugman’s one-sector trade model, with unspecified variable-elasticity preferences (mostly under decreasing elasticity of utility)....

Market features can be considered as forerunners of the European Commission's actions aimed at recognizing collusive behaviours. To identify information that might support the Commission in the exercise of its role of antitrust authority we propose a multi criteria approach. Its focus is on the...