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Lipsey & Chrystal: Economics 11e

Chapter 13

Case study 2 on pages 297-8 is about over fishing and the regulation of the fishing industry.  The following are about EU fishing regulation:
Financial Times, 20 December 2007
search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=Innovative+Scots+land+fresh+cod+quota&y=5&aje=false&x=18&id=071220000091&ct=0
BBC, 19 December 2007
news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk_politics/7151243.stm
BBC, 19 December 2007
news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/uk/6067722.stm

The following stories are about government actions dealing with anti-competitive behaviour:
The Guardian, 8 December 2007
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/dec/08/supermarkets.asda
Financial Times, 8 December 2007
search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=Tesco+fight+OFT+over+milk+price+rise&y=2&aje=false&x=18&id=071208000081&ct=0
BBC, 15 February 2008
news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/1/hi/business/7243522.stm
Financial Times, 17 January 2008
search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=Big+drug+companies+raided+in+EU+probe&y=4&aje=false&x=15&id=080117000159&ct=0
Financial Times, 27 November 2007
search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=OFT+sets+stage+for+cartel+action&y=11&aje=false&x=12&id=071127000076&ct=0

The following provides some coverage on the greenhouse gas issue discussed in Box 13.3 on page 290:
Financial Times, 5 December 2007
search.ft.com/ftArticle?queryText=Why+the+climate+change+wolf+is+so+hard+to+kill+off&y=5&aje=false&x=19&id=071205000068&ct=0

The following story relates to competition policy as discussed towards the end of this chapter
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7004054.stm

There has been some recent discussion of carbon trading and how it is working:
Financial Times, Wednesday, July 16, 2008
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ce67fbe0-5333-11dd-8dd2-000077b07658.html
Financial Times, Thursday, May 8, 2008
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14c3f712-1c96-11dd-8bfc-000077b07658.html
Observer, Media and Business section, Sunday, August 10, 2008
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/aug/10/emissionstrading.utilities

There is also some discussion of tradable emissions permits in the context of the US Presidential election campaign:
Financial Times, Thursday, August 14, 2008
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1ddea7a-69a3-11dd-91bd-0000779fd18c.html