In the Public Interest. Competition policy and the Monopolies & Mergers Commission
Details:
- Author(s) Wilks, Stephen R M
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1999
- Pages 382pp; illus
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Place Published Manchester
Topics:
- Name Competition, collusion, monopoly & cartels inc competition policy & regulation
- Name Acquisition, takeover, merger, etc, activity exc competition issues
- Name Public ownership & control inc nationalisation, municipalisation & privatisation
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly work. Commissioned history to mark 50th anniversary of formation. Chapters include: 'Introduction - an institutional approach to competition policy'; 'The postwar development of competition policy'; 'The MMC - structures and powers'; 'Procedures and the culture of the Commission'; 'The Fair Trading Act and the British model of competition policy'; 'The control of mergers'; 'Regulation of privatised industries - a new role for the MMC'; 'The tripartite system, the European challenge and the new Competition Commission'; 'Conclusion - organisational survival and a new settlement'. Contains passing references to specific MMC enquiries