# Baxter's law

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. An economic law that describes how a monopoly in a regulated industry can extend into and dominate an unregulated one.

## Etymology
After William Francis Baxter Jr., a professor of antitrust law at Stanford University.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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