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The trading hours of UK retailers are restricted by law. This is true not only in Britain, but in most European countries. The most important exception is Sweden, where legal restrictions were removed in 1972 and this change was finally confirmed as permanent in 1984. In the USA, some states have “blue laws” limiting Sunday trading; others do not, and Massachusetts greatly relaxed its legislation in 1983.
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Jaffer, S.M., Kay, J.A. (1986). The Regulation of Shop Opening Hours in the United Kingdom. In: von der Schulenburg, JM.G., Skogh, G. (eds) Law and Economics and the Economics of Legal Regulation. International Studies in Economics and Econometrics, vol 13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4442-8_9
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