Politická ekonomie 2008, 56(6):833-842 | DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.666

Historie konceptu přirozeného monopolu

Martin Hon
Katedra ekonomie, Ekonomická fakulta, VŠB-TU Ostrava.

History of natural monopoly concept

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.

Keywords: political economy, natural monopoly, economic history, cost function subadditivity, contestable market, monopoly power, economies of scale
JEL classification: B1, B2, B3

Published: December 1, 2008  Show citation

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Hon, M. (2008). History of natural monopoly concept. Politická ekonomie, 56(6), 833-842. doi: 10.18267/j.polek.666
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