Making trade work for all and harnessing popular support for openness to trade depends on consumers benefitting from lower prices and broader product variety. The present study reveals that those benefits depend on competition in services markets, in particular in telecommunication. These...

This study investigates the role of sectoral market structure in the inflationary dynamics of the domestic producer prices (D-PPI) in Türkiye. We start by reporting the fact that industries with intense competition had lower producer price inflation compared to industries with low-competition...

Asymmetric climate policies are expected to distort the level-playing field regarding international trade, singularly to the detriment of small open economies. The paper develops a flexible method that provides essential input regarding the design of offsetting measures. It builds on...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Economic Characteristics of Small Market Economies -- 2. The General Implications of Small Size for Competition Policy -- 3. The Regulation of Single-Firm Dominance -- 4. The Regulation of Natural Monopolies and Essential Facilities -- 5....

Ensuring and maintaining staff competitiveness on the national and international level, the quantification of effective ways of enhancing competitive advantages of the national economy, are crucial strategies for socio-economic development of world countries. This article investigates the...