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From Price Control To Competition: Price Policy In France From The 1940s To The 1980s
[Du Contrôle Des Prix À La Concurrence : La Politique Des Prix En France Des Années 1940 Aux Années 1980]

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  • Michel-Pierre Chélini

    (CREHS - Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes - Histoire et Sociétés - UA - Université d'Artois)

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Prices are an essential component of markets and incorporate a lot of information about the products or services exchanged. From 1940 to 1986 there existed in France at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance a price control administration, the essential justification of which was France's propensity for inflation higher than that of its partners: 5.4 % on annual average from 1950 to 2000 compared to 4% for the United States or 2.8% for the FRG. The service was first called Economic Control, then evolved in stages until in 1986 it became Directorate-General for Competition, Consumption and Fraud Repression, gradually moving from vigilant monitoring of prices to their contractual regulation and finishing in competition policy

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  • Michel-Pierre Chélini, 2023. "From Price Control To Competition: Price Policy In France From The 1940s To The 1980s [Du Contrôle Des Prix À La Concurrence : La Politique Des Prix En France Des Années 1940 Aux Années 1980]," Post-Print hal-04399936, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04399936
    DOI: 10.4000/books.igpde.16840
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    Prices regulation; Inflation policy; France 1940-1990;
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