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​Innovative Monopolist vs Defensive Monopolists: Monopoly Power in the United Arab Emirates

Simon Wakerley

27th April 2016

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We often champion monopolies for their dynamically efficient behaviour, and how they contribute to long run static efficiencies through their invention and innovation made affordable by high profits.

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Simon Wakerley

Sam Wakerley is a teacher of Economics at the British School Al Khubairat. He has led and taught economics for five years initially in Devon, UK and now overseas in the United Arab Emirates.

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