Industrial Economics
The Darlington Bus War is widely discussed in the topic of Industrial Economics after being publicized by the highly regarded micro-economist Daniel McMahon. It serves as the perfect example to demonstrate the effect of price wars and also incorporates the debate on Nationalization vs Privatization. The Darlington Bus War has arguably been the focus of his research as demonstrated in his 2009 article Global Crises and Darlington's Bus War.
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