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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809781903321

Autore

Baldwin Robert <1951->

Titolo

Understanding regulation : theory, strategy, and practice / / Robert Baldwin, Martin Cave, Martin Lodge

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-34853-5

9786613348531

0-19-180669-2

0-19-161777-6

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

x, 548 p

Altri autori (Persone)

CaveMartin

LodgeMartin <1972->

Disciplina

338.941

Soggetti

Industrial policy - Great Britain

Trade regulation - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- PART I: FUNDAMENTALS -- 2 Why Regulate? -- 3 What is 'Good' Regulation? -- 4 Explaining Regulation -- 5 Regulatory Failure -- 6 Regulating Risks -- PART II: STRATEGIES -- 7 Regulatory Strategies -- 8 Self-regulation, Meta-regulation, and Regulatory Networks -- 9 Franchising -- 10 Emissions Trading -- PART III: RULES AND ENFORCEMENT -- 11 Enforcing Regulation -- 12 Responsive Regulation -- 13 Risk-based Regulation -- 14 Standards and Principles -- PART IV: QUALITY AND EVALUATION -- 15 Cost-Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Impact Assessment -- 16 Accountability, Procedures, and Fairness -- 17 Regulatory Competition and Coordination -- PART V: REGULATION AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT -- 18 Multi-level Regulation -- 19 Regulation and the European Union -- 20 Regulation and Development -- 21 Global and International Regulation -- PART VI: NETWORK ISSUES -- 22 Regulating Prices in Natural Monopolies -- 23 Using Competition in Network Industries -- 24 Separation and Contestability in Network Industries -- 25 Implementing Price Controls -- 26 Efficiency and Innovation in



Network Industries -- PART VII: CONCLUSIONS -- 27 Conclusions -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on cross-national and cross-sectoral case studies, the revised and updated second edition of this seminal and successful text provides a multi-disciplinary introduction to key debates in regulation, including fundamental and institutional strategies and issues surrounding the design and operation of regulatory institutions.