National tunes and a european melody? Competition law reform in the UK and Germany

Journal of European Public Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-79

  Eyre, Sebastian ^a   Lodge, Martin ^b  

^a Gas Consumers' Council   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition policy; Europeanization; Germany; Lesson drawing; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034409950     PISSN: 13501763     EISSN: 14664429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135017600343278     Document Type: Article

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