=+3. From your own experience, and from newspaper and other articles you have read or seen, list examples of where monopoly power and restrictive practices have been investigated, and where proposed mergers have been considered by the Competition Commission (or its predecessor the Monopolies and Mergers Commission). Evaluate the recommendations and outcomes. If you wish to follow up any of these investigations, all of the reports are published by HMSO.

Monopolies and Mergers Commission UK http://www.coi.gov.uk/coi/depts/GMM/GMM.html HMSO UK http://www.hmso.gov.uk