The political economy of regulatory change: The case of British merger control

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 101-118

  Buch Hansen, Hubert ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Britain; Merger control; Political economy; Regulation; Regulatory change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858194459     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2011.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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