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History Of Natural Monopoly Concept

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Martin Hon
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The paper presents the evolution of the natural monopoly term in the economic literature. Using the citations of the authors the article shows various approaches to the natural monopoly concept from the very beginning till nowadays. The definition of natural monopoly has been changing over time and even today there is not the only one view used widespread.

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Article provided by University of Economics, Prague in its journal Politická ekonomie.

Volume (Year): 2008 (2008)
Issue (Month): 6 ()
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Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpol:v:2008:y:2008:i:6:id:666

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Keywords: political economy; natural monopoly; monopoly power; economies of scale; economic history; cost function subadditivity; contestable market;

Find related papers by JEL classification:
B1 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925
B2 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925
B3 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Thought: Individuals

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