This article estimates the impact of industrial concentration on aggregate welfare as well as consumer and producer …, empirical results indicate that an across-the-board increase in concentration would enhance aggregate welfare in 69 % of the …. Further results indicate that greater concentration is likely to enhance aggregate welfare in industries with low or moderate …

analyse the market structure and market concentration of the Russian export company in the international fertiliser market … export market. Originality / scientific novelty. Primarily against the background of increased market concentration by the …

restaurants and hotels. This study fosters the understanding of how such aggregators modify competition, profits and welfare …. Using a spokes model of horizontal competition, I show that review aggregators enhance total welfare mainly by making … valuable information available to consumers. The effect on welfare goes through different channels: 1) realised transactions …

firms and intra-industry reallocations. We show that the welfare superiority of ad valorem over unit taxes under imperfect … share of lower productivity firms). Importantly, numerical solutions of the model reveal that the relative welfare loss from …

, countrywide profits, and welfare. Firms face resource constraints and wages are simultaneously determined. Relative to free trade … technology. Domestic welfare is unambiguously penalized. Hence, the general-equilibrium cross-sector perspective goes against the …

This paper studies how cross-sector strategic trade policy affects wages, country-wide profits, and welfare. I develop …. Consequences on income distributions are derived. Domestic social welfare is unambiguously penalized, suggesting political …

, countrywide profits, and welfare. Firms face resource constraints and wages are simultaneously determined. Relative to free trade … technology. Domestic welfare is unambiguously penalized. Hence, the general-equilibrium cross-sector perspective goes against the …

, countrywide profits, and welfare. Firms face resource constraints and wages are simultaneously determined. Relative to free trade … technology. Domestic welfare is unambiguously penalized. Hence, the general-equilibrium cross-sector perspective goes against the …