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Discuss regulation and why it is important and sometimes necessary to maintain a competitive market.
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Introduction The following essay will discuss regulation and why it is important and sometimes necessary to maintain a competitive market. Regulation is fundamentally a rule that controls something so that it functions properly. The essay will describe monopolies and oligopolies and explain why regulating these two types of market structures is important to maintain a competitive market. The essay will discuss the five privatised industries in the U.K, telecommunications, water, gas, railways and electricity and explain how regulation is used to help maintain a competitive market. Relevant books and journals have been used to help support what has been written. To conclude the essay will summarise all its findings and give an overall opinion on why regulation is important for maintaining a competitive market. The need for regulation in industries is imperative, it helps to protect the consumer against firms who may sometimes exploit them and it is necessary to regulate monopolies and oligopolies. "Monopolies...
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