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,...

Studying the standard monopolistic competition model with unspecified utility/cost functions, we find necessary and sufficient conditions on the function elasticities, when an expanding market or trade incur welfare losses. Two numerical examples explain why: either excessive or insufficient...

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)....

The implementation of Revenue Management (RM) techniques in non profit performing arts organizations presents new challenges compared to other sectors, such as transportion or hospitality industries, in which these techniques are more consolidated. Indeed, performing arts organizations are...