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The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of foreign competition and protection on industrial concentration in Britain. The background to the research is the casual observation that the changes in concentration of recent years1 have occurred alongside a decline in the international competitiveness of British industries.
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Katrak, H. (1980). Foreign Competition, Tariffs and Industrial Concentration in Britain, 1963 and 1968. In: Black, J., Hindley, B. (eds) Current Issues in Commercial Policy and Diplomacy. International Economics Study Group. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04521-1_7
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