spending on unemployment and pensions, two of the most expensive welfare state programs. I use a basic form of multilevel … examine how self-interest and political ideology shape respondents¡¯ ideas about spending on welfare and how these ideas vary …

This paper analyzes the impact of social policy on the welfare of children in OECD countries and Russia, and the … improving the welfare of children in the Russian Federation. In this paper we are assessing the impact of social policies for …

effect for the tariff. Welfare falls when fixed export costs increase and increases for small tariffs and falls for large … tariffs, i.e. there exists a welfare maximizing tariff.  …Abstract This paper presents a two-country intra-industry trade model with bilateral ad valorem tariffs and fixed …

the tariff. Welfare falls when fixed export costs increase and increases for small tariffs and falls for large tariffs, i …This paper presents a two-country intra-industry trade model with bilateral ad valorem tariffs and fixed export costs … welfare. We show that both types of trade barriers reduce (increase) the number of exporting (pure domestic) firms. However …

‘go first’. In our model, there are substantive welfare implications depending on which party sets tariff rates (or …’s surplus, OECD producers’ loss, net exports of developing countries, firm profits, or even, world welfare as the sum of all …

reduces the potency of a country's optimal tariffs and therefore its incentive for unilaterally opting out of trade …