Competition and Markets

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Christopher Moir, John Dawson

      Pages 1-7

3. Competition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. When Deregulation Makes Things Worse Before They Get Better

      • Paul A. Samuelson

      Pages 11-20

   3. Incomes Policies: Past and Future Roles

      • Mary Gregory

      Pages 21-32

   4. Women in Education

      • Shirley Williams

      Pages 33-40

   5. The Growth of Small Firms in the UK

      • David G. Mayes, Christopher Moir

      Pages 41-62

   6. Textile Markets and the Multi-Fibre Arrangement

      • Aubrey Silberston

      Pages 63-76

   7. A Perspective on UK Competition Policy

      • Roger Opie

      Pages 77-88

4. Competition and Retailing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Competition in the UK Grocery Trades

      • Christopher Moir

      Pages 91-118

   3. Economies of Scale in British Food Retailing

      • Grigor McClelland

      Pages 119-140

   4. The Gaitskill Report Revisited

      • Garth Pratt

      Pages 141-150

5. Retailing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. Economic Theory, Retail Output and Capacity in British Retailing

      • David Thorpe

      Pages 153-206

   3. Launching the CBI/FT Survey of Distributive Trades

      • Charles Burton

      Pages 207-218

6. Other Essays

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

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   2. The Contribution of the Service Sector to the Growth of the UK Economy

      • Walter Eltis, Andrew Murfin

      Pages 221-240

   3. The Economics of Advice

      • Henry Phelps Brown

      Pages 241-245

7. Back Matter

   Pages 246-254

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This book addresses some of the major issues associated with competition in theory and practice. Among other essays, Paul Samuelson considers the theoretical underpinning of privatising state assets. Mary Gregory ponders on the possibility of cooperation rather than competition between employer and worker and whether incomes policies are likely to feature on a medium-term political agenda. Christopher Moir claims that food retail markets are not as competitive as is often claimed and that large food retailers may enjoy monopoly profits. Aubrey Silbertson very cogently sets out the orthodox case for removing trade protection on the industrialised world's clothing industries.

• competition policy
• economic theory
• economics
• growth

• National Economic Development Office, London, UK

  Christopher Moir

• University of Stirling, UK

  John Dawson

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