The unanticipated consequences of creating independent competition agencies

The Politics of Delegation

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 148-172

  Wilks, Stephen ^a   Bartle, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84905941424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203005989     Document Type: Chapter

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