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This book presents a collection of papers which evaluate the achievements of the Australian Trade Practices Act 1974 in making Australian markets more competitive.

Industry Structure and Pricing: The New Rivalry in Infrastructure extends current economic models by incorporating effects of actual and potential rivalry in markets outside the markets of immediate interest.

Abbreviations . 1 Chapter 2 REDRAWING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN STATE AND COMPANY . 3 Chapter 3 STATE PARTICIPATION IN THE ECONOMY . 25 Chapter 4 INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INSTABILITY . 49 Chapter 5 THE FAILURE OF OPEC TO SECURE ECONOMIC RENTS . 67 Chapter 6 TURNING BLACK GOLD INTO DEVELOPMENT . 81 Chapter 7 NATIONAL OIL COMPANIES .

This text comprises a selection of papers presented at the recent meeting of the European Association of Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE). The contributions cover a broad spectrum of increasing theoretical, empirical and policy issues.

This book contains the key-note lectures and a selection of papers that were presented at the 15th Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Econo mics (EARlE) held under the auspices of GRASP at Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1988, plus an introductory chapter by the Editors.

However, the Structure of European Industry was meant to be a flexible book, keeping it in tune with actual developments in the European Community.