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Baxter's law

Baxter's law proper noun: an economic law that describes how a monopoly in a regulated industry can extend into and dominate an unregulated one.

Proper noun

Baxter's law

  1. An economic law that describes how a monopoly in a regulated industry can extend into and dominate an unregulated one.
    Synonyms:
    Bell doctrine

Synonyms of Baxter's law

Origin of Baxter's law

After William Francis Baxter Jr., a professor of antitrust law at Stanford University.

Questions about Baxter's law

What does Baxter's law mean?
Baxter's law means an economic law that describes how a monopoly in a regulated industry can extend into and dominate an unregulated one.
What part of speech is Baxter's law?
Baxter's law is a proper noun.

Words near Baxter's law in the dictionary

  1. Baxevanis
  2. Baxley
  3. Baxleys
  4. baxter
  5. Baxter County
  6. Baxter's law
  7. Baxterian
  8. Baxterianism
  9. Baxterians
  10. baxterization
  11. baxterizations

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