Economics A-Level
Deregulation
What Deregulation means in Economics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Deregulation
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The removal of government rules and barriers to entry to increase market competition.
Topics that use Deregulation
Related terms
- Allocative efficiency
- Asymmetric information
- Economic performance
- Efficiency
- Government failure
- Monopoly power
- Natural monopolies
- Privatisation and Nationalisation
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