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Postcode Lotteries. / Steele, Gerald.
In: Economic Affairs, Vol. 30, No. 3, 10.2010, p. 90-92.

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Steele, G 2010, 'Postcode Lotteries', Economic Affairs, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 90-92. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0270.2010.02031.x

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Steele G. Postcode Lotteries. Economic Affairs. 2010 Oct;30(3):90-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2010.02031.x

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Steele, Gerald. / Postcode Lotteries. In: Economic Affairs. 2010 ; Vol. 30, No. 3. pp. 90-92.

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title = "Postcode Lotteries",
abstract = "Postcode lotteries are meat and drink to journalists. Examples appear limitless and predominantly within state sectors, where they are symptomatic of the ineffectiveness of non-market allocations. With free-market trading, the tendency is for competition to eliminate differences; but that tendency is offset by uneven advances in technologies and provision. As competition eliminates one set of discrepancies, other sets inevitably emerge.",
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