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3.6 Government intervention

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3.6.1 (a, b) Controlling mergers and monopolies

Spec: what students need to learn

  • Intervention to control mergers
  • Price regulation, profit regulation, quality standards, performance targets

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3.6.1 (c, d) Promoting competition and protecting suppliers and employees

Spec: what students need to learn

  • Promoting small business, deregulation, competitive tendering, privatisation
  • Restricting monopsony power, nationalisation

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3.6.2 Impact and limits of intervention

Spec: what students need to learn

  • Impact on prices, profit, efficiency, quality and choice
  • Limits: regulatory capture and asymmetric information

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