TY - BOOK AU - Diemer,Arnaud TI - Competition in Theory and Practice in the Work of Maurice Allais PY - 2012///. N1 - 38 N2 - Competition occupied a central place in the work of Maurice Allais. From an analytical standpoint, competition, as a differentiated sector with multiple enterprises under perfect competition, coexists with a non-differentiated sector with a single nationalized company. Moreover, competition is not spontaneous but organized by law. Competitive planning allows for a balance between market forces and state regulation. From a doctrinal standpoint, competition is an alternative to laissez-faire and central planning. Allais is presented in the academic context of his day. In the footsteps of Lippmann and Rougier, he laid the foundation of a new economic liberalism based on competition rather than private property UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-papers-in-political-economy-1-2012-1-page-75?lang=en ER -