The British Monopolies CommissionThis book is a key example of the emergence of public choice theory by an economist who was to become one of its major exponents. It combines a detailed, critical study of the Monopolies Commission, with an analysis of the economic issues involved in monopoly supervision and control. |
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... Industry and the State The Logic of British and American Industry The Logic of Industrial Organization The British Monopolies Commission Studies in Industrial Organization Mergers and Acquisitions Florence Florence Rowley Silverman ...
... Industry and the State The Logic of British and American Industry The Logic of Industrial Organization The British Monopolies Commission Studies in Industrial Organization Mergers and Acquisitions Florence Florence Rowley Silverman ...
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... industry , sponsored by the Government after the war , was afforded protection by legislation in 1920. This legislation prohibited dyestuff importation save under licence . In 1921 heavy ad valorem import duties were introduced for a ...
... industry , sponsored by the Government after the war , was afforded protection by legislation in 1920. This legislation prohibited dyestuff importation save under licence . In 1921 heavy ad valorem import duties were introduced for a ...
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... industry , and upon the organization of industry and trade . In December 1916 the Asquith Coalition Government collapsed and Lloyd George became Prime Minister . From that date controls of an extensive and detailed nature were ...
... industry , and upon the organization of industry and trade . In December 1916 the Asquith Coalition Government collapsed and Lloyd George became Prime Minister . From that date controls of an extensive and detailed nature were ...
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... industry and to control and regulate aspects of industry . . . our only object is to liberate the forces of industrial enterprise , to release the controls which have been found galling , to divest ourselves of responsibilities which ...
... industry and to control and regulate aspects of industry . . . our only object is to liberate the forces of industrial enterprise , to release the controls which have been found galling , to divest ourselves of responsibilities which ...
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... industry and in the Five Counties Scheme in coal - mining . During the 1920s the existence of free trade limited significantly the ability of trade associations to raise prices . The worsening of the depression in 1931 and the ...
... industry and in the Five Counties Scheme in coal - mining . During the 1920s the existence of free trade limited significantly the ability of trade associations to raise prices . The worsening of the depression in 1931 and the ...
Contents
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PART II THE MONOPOLIES COMMISSION | 49 |
PART III TRADE ASSOCIATION INQUIRIES | 107 |
PART IV THE DOMINANT FIRM | 191 |
PART V STATISTICAL MEASURES OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE | 261 |
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES | 321 |
PART VII CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 369 |
APPENDICES | 379 |
CLASSIFIED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 384 |
INDEX | 389 |
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