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Title Reforming rules and regulations : laws, institutions, and implementation / edited by Vivek Ghosal
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 316 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series CESifo seminar series
CESifo seminar series.
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
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
Analysis ECONOMICS/General
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Trade regulation.
Administrative procedure -- Compliance costs
Law reform.
Technological innovations -- Law and legislation.
Competition.
LAW -- Military.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Econometrics.
Competition
Economic policy
Law reform
Technological innovations -- Law and legislation
Trade regulation
SUBJECT United States -- Economic policy -- Political aspects
Europe -- Economic policy -- Political aspects
Subject Europe
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Ghosal, Vivek.
LC no. 2010011954
ISBN 9780262289412
0262289415