Professional cartels and scale fees: Chiselling on the celtic fringe?

International Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 407-423

  Shinnick, Edward ^a   Stephen, Frank H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartels; De Regulation; Legal profession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009062031     PISSN: 01448188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8188(00)00044-2     Document Type: Article

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