Study of the relationship between profit rates and economic concentration in a sample of Canadian industry
The purpose of this thesis is to test the hypothesis, derived from neo-classical micro-economic theory, that other things being equal the more concentrated an industry becomes, the more likely it is that firms in that industry can pursue monopolistic practices and thereby earn greater profits than w...
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| Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36284 |