Reforming rules and regulations : laws, institutions, and implementation / edited by Vivek Ghosal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ghosal, Vivek.

Series:

CESifo seminar series.

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trade regulation.

Administrative procedure--Compliance costs.

Administrative procedure.

Law reform.

Technological innovations--Law and legislation.

Technological innovations.

Competition.

United States--Economic policy--Political aspects.

United States.

Europe--Economic policy--Political aspects.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contributors examine how regulatory & institutional environments affect the functioning of markets & propose reforms, arguing that quantitative methods should be used to guide policy & to reform rules & regulations. These essays offer methodologies for the assessment of policy alternatives.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Preface; 1 Global Initiatives in Reforming Rules and Regulations; 2 What Does It Take for an R & D Tax Incentive Policy to Be Effective?; 3 On the Consequences of a Highly Fragmented European Patent System; 4 Environmental Policy Design and the Fragmentation of International Markets for Innovation; 5 Alleviating Adverse Implications of EU Climate Policy on Competitiveness; 6 Compensation for US Electricity Consumers under a CO2 Emissions Cap; 7 How Vital Is Regulatory Independence?

8 Regulation and Barriers to Trade in Telecommunications Services in the European Union9 Drivers and Obstacles to Banking SMEs; 10 The Federal Home Loan Bank System; 11 Product Market and Sector Monitoring; List of Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612978401

9781282978409

1282978403

9780262289412

0262289415

OCLC:

698105868