We describe the negotiated-price mechanism, introduced in the USSR in 1985, to increase flexibility of retail prices. We discuss a possibility to improve interactions between manufacturing and retailing through negotiated prices, and demonstrate a methodology to estimate them, using consumer...

This paper proposes the use of multi-unit auctions in studying consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for food products in a multi-unit shopping scenario. We show how this method can overcome the limitations of single-unit experimental auctions in obtaining useful information related to WTP for...

This paper illustrates on a simple model of production economy how the concept of partial equilibrium can be in an unresolvable conflict with the general equilibrium.

The current state of cogeneration in Russia is analyzed. It is characterized by a sharp decrease in industrial heat consumption and a reduction in the demand for electricity. As a result many cogeneration plants presently operate under off-design conditions, which change their economic indexes...

Purpose -Many papers have argued that there are long-run downward-sloping demand curves (LRDDC) for stocks. The purpose of this paper is to analyze this hypothesis using a new, unique, and ostensibly information-free event: the re-weighting of the Standard & Poor (S&P) 500 index from market...

ABC and BSC methods enable to better manage the company set the strategy and use effective motivational instruments for its implementation. ABC method represents significant development in recognition of causality of cost origin. However, it doesn’t change basic theoretical findings in...

This article1 questions the appropriateness of the equi-marginal principle of utility maximization in the context of brand choice. Two simple examples illustrate why this fundamental economic principle of consumer decision may be inadequate. We propose an alternative decision rule for utility...