A rationale for repealing the 1987 Groceries Order

Economic and Social Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-90

  Walsh, Patrick Paul ^a,b   Whelan, Ciara ^b,c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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