Reforming rules and regulations : laws, institutions, and implementation /

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 altern...

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Other Authors: Ghosal, Vivek
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Series:CESifo seminar series.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Global initiatives in reforming rules and regulations / Sean Ennis and Vivek Ghosal
  • What does it take for an R & D tax incentive policy to be effective? / Pierre Mohnen and Boris Lokshin
  • On the consequences of a highly fragmented European patent system / Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie and Malwina Mejer
  • Environmental policy design and the fragmentation of international markets for innovation / Nick Johnstone and Ivan Haščič
  • Alleviating adverse implications of EU climate policy on competitiveness : the case for border tax adjustments or the clean development mechanism? / Victoria Alexeeva-Talebi, Niels Anger, and Andreas Löschel
  • Compensation for electricity consumers under a U.S. CO₂ emissions cap / Anthony Paul, Dallas Burtraw, and Karen Palmer
  • How vital is regulatory independence : the Telecom Sector in developing countries / Pradeep S. Mehta, Siddhartha Mitra, and Udai S. Mehta
  • Regulation and barriers to trade in telecommunications services in the European Union / Martin Cave and Matthew Corkery
  • Drivers and obstacles to banking SMEs : the role of competition and the institutional framework / Augusto de la Torre, María Soledad Martínez Pería, and Sergio L. Schmukler
  • The Federal Home Loan Bank system : current issues in perspective / W. Scott Frame and Lawrence J. White
  • Product market and sector monitoring : a new tool contributing to the governance of the European single market / Adriaan Dierx and Fabienne Ilzkovitz.