Fifty years of U.K. competition policy

Review of Industrial Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 267-285

  Utton, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Merger; Monopoly; Policy reform; Restrictive practices

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION POLICY; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; MONOPOLY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034054048     PISSN: 0889938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007868317456     Document Type: Review

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