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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821174703321

Titolo

Systemic implications of transatlantic regulatory cooperation and competition / / [edited by] Simon J. Evenett, Robert M. Stern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2011

ISBN

1-283-14826-9

9786613148261

981-283-849-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

World scientific studies in international economics, , 1793-3641 ; ; 15

Altri autori (Persone)

EvenettSimon J

SternRobert Morris <1937->

Disciplina

382.3

Soggetti

Foreign trade regulation - United States

Foreign trade regulation - European Union countries

European Union countries Foreign economic relations United States

United States Foreign economic relations European Union countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Condemned to cooperate? -- The banking crisis: causes, consequences and remedies -- The political economy of transatlantic regulatory cooperation and competition: a (unofficial) view from Europe -- How hard and soft law interact in international regulatory governance: alternatives, complements and antagonists -- EU-US regulatory cooperation and developing country trade -- Transatlantic trade, the automotive sector: the role of regulation in a global industry, where we have been and where we need to go, how far can EU-US cooperation go toward achieving regulatory harmonization? -- Systemic implications of deeper transatlantic convergence in competition/antitrust policy -- Transatlantic regulatory cooperation on chemicals - an idealist's dream? -- Transatlantic regulatory cooperation on accounting standards: a 'varieties of capitalism' perspective -- Transatlantic regulatory competition and cooperation in pharmaceuticals.

Sommario/riassunto

Regulations and enforcement decisions that at first appear to have only a domestic impact can have substantial spillover effects on other nations' economies. Experience has shown time and again that there is



no reason to expect that these effects are confined to jurisdictions at the same level of development. Governments on both sides of the Atlantic recognize this, yet their responses in many policy areas are not aligned - sometimes deliberately so. This creates a complex regulatory landscape that appears to be the product of both cooperation and competition, and which can only be fully under