The present article discusses the economic and legal effects of single-product loyalty discounts. It is clear that … arguments concerning the "pro-competitive" effects of such discounts must be judged with skepticism. This applies in particular … to the assumed effects of loyalty discounts resulting from double profit surcharges or falling average costs, as well as …

drinking water. Increasing block tariffs are an instrument widely used to support access to drinking water for poorer segments …, increasing block tariffs are in line with the general public's concept of fairness: poorer population segments should pay less …

developing countries show that labor market adjustment costs matter. Regulating trade, defined as adding or removing tariffs and …

This paper aims to examine the effect of reducing the import tariffs of trading partners on total and individual …

This paper provides a simple model that highlights the political substitutability between import tariffs and production … sector induce the government to set inefficiently high tariffs and subsidies. If the government commits the tariff to a lower … equilibrium obtain) a larger production subsidy. This political substitutability between tariffs and subsidies is shown to reduce …