An investigation into the effects of location and government regulation on the petrol sales of retail service stations in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorRees, D Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMiller, David Niven Johnen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-23T07:32:46Z
dc.date.available2015-09-23T07:32:46Z
dc.date.issued1979en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. xi-xvii.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe object of this thesis is to develop an economic framework in which to analyse the effects of regulation and location on retail service station petrol sales. The political leaders of most countries in the world today will attempt to ensure the stable, independent and secure growth of their economies. Oil, whether being produced or consumed, will have an undoubted effect on their strategies. This is particularly true of South Africa, which imports all its crude oil from an ostensibly hostile world. Powerful government controls regulate all aspects of the oil industry, right through to final consumption. Retail service stations, the subject of this thesis, are no exception. They are affected by government propagated barriers to entry, price controls, restrictions on selling hours and restrictions on location, inter alia ... all in an avowedly free enterprise economy. Additional important factors help to shape the service stations as a unique economic entity. Their customers, according to one writer, buy petrol as a rent to use their cars. It is an 'inconvenience' good. Consequently, locational convenience takes on a special importance.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMiller, D. N. J. (1979). <i>An investigation into the effects of location and government regulation on the petrol sales of retail service stations in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14054en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMiller, David Niven John. <i>"An investigation into the effects of location and government regulation on the petrol sales of retail service stations in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 1979. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14054en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMiller, D. 1979. An investigation into the effects of location and government regulation on the petrol sales of retail service stations in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Miller, David Niven John AB - The object of this thesis is to develop an economic framework in which to analyse the effects of regulation and location on retail service station petrol sales. The political leaders of most countries in the world today will attempt to ensure the stable, independent and secure growth of their economies. Oil, whether being produced or consumed, will have an undoubted effect on their strategies. This is particularly true of South Africa, which imports all its crude oil from an ostensibly hostile world. Powerful government controls regulate all aspects of the oil industry, right through to final consumption. Retail service stations, the subject of this thesis, are no exception. They are affected by government propagated barriers to entry, price controls, restrictions on selling hours and restrictions on location, inter alia ... all in an avowedly free enterprise economy. Additional important factors help to shape the service stations as a unique economic entity. Their customers, according to one writer, buy petrol as a rent to use their cars. It is an 'inconvenience' good. Consequently, locational convenience takes on a special importance. DA - 1979 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1979 T1 - An investigation into the effects of location and government regulation on the petrol sales of retail service stations in South Africa TI - An investigation into the effects of location and government regulation on the petrol sales of retail service stations in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14054 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMiller DNJ. An investigation into the effects of location and government regulation on the petrol sales of retail service stations in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 1979 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14054en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEconomicsen_ZA
dc.titleAn investigation into the effects of location and government regulation on the petrol sales of retail service stations in South Africaen_ZA
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