Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation

Claude Ménard

ISBN 10: 1847209688 / ISBN 13: 9781847209689

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, GB, 2009

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Building on Oliver Williamson's original analysis, the contributors introduce new ideas, different perspectives and provide tools for better understanding changes in the approach to regulation, the reform of public utilities, and the complex problems of governance. They draw largely upon a transaction cost approach, highlighting the challenges faced by major economic sectors and identifying critical flaws in prevailing views on regulation. Deeply rooted in sector analysis, the book conveys a central message of new institutional economics: that theory should be continuously confronted by facts, and reformed or revolutionized accordingly. With its emphasis on the institutional embeddedness of regulatory issues and the problems generated by the 'benign neglect' of institutional factors in the reform of major public utilities, this book will provide a wide-ranging audience with challenging views on the dynamics of regulatory approaches. Economists, political scientists, postgraduate students, researchers and policymakers with an interest in institutional economics and economic organization will find the book to be a stimulating and enlightening read.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Regulation, Deregulation, Reregulation
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847209688
• ISBN 13: 9781847209689
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Building on Oliver Williamson's original analysis, the contributors introduce new ideas, different perspectives and provide tools for better understanding changes in the approach to regulation, the reform of public utilities, and the complex problems of governance. They draw largely upon a transaction cost approach, highlighting the challenges faced by major economic sectors and identifying critical flaws in prevailing views on regulation. Deeply rooted in sector analysis, the book conveys a central message of new institutional economics: that theory should be continuously confronted by facts, and reformed or revolutionized accordingly.

With its emphasis on the institutional embeddedness of regulatory issues and the problems generated by the 'benign neglect' of institutional factors in the reform of major public utilities, this book will provide a wide-ranging audience with challenging views on the dynamics of regulatory approaches. Economists, political scientists, postgraduate students, researchers and policymakers with an interest in institutional economics and economic organization will find the book to be a stimulating and enlightening read.

About the Author

Edited by Claude Ménard, Professor of Economics, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, Université de Paris (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and Michel Ghertman, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis and GREDEG, France