'Patent still distillers and the role of competition' in L M Cullen & T C Smout (eds), Comparative Aspects of Scottish and Irish Economic and Social History
Details:
- Author(s) Weir, Ron
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1977
- Pages pp129-44
- Publisher John Donald Publishers
- Place Published Edinburgh
Topics:
- Name Competition, collusion, monopoly & cartels inc competition policy & regulation
- Name Innovation, diffusion & invention, inc technology & products
- Name Taxation inc customs, excise, stamp duties, etc: imposition & impact
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with the distilling industry in Scotland and Ireland (and also England) from the mid 19th to the early 20th centuries, in particular the changes in the Excise regime that created internal free trade from the 1860s and the introduction of new still technology, creating a new competitive environment and moves to control competition through collusion