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1 online resource (344 pages) |
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NBER-Conference Report |
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NBER conference report.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Regulation (Agencies) versus Litigation (Courts): An Analytical Framework; 2. Efficient Regulation; 3. The Trouble with Cases; 4. Tobacco Regulation through Litigation: The Master Settlement Agreement; 5. Gun Control after Heller: Litigating against Regulation; 6. The Effects of Product Liability Exemption in the Presence of the FDA; 7. The Impact of Employment Protection on Workers Disabled by Workplace Injuries; 8. Opting Out of Workers' Compensation in Texas: A Survey of Large, Multistate Nonsubscribers |
| Summary |
The efficacy of various political institutions is the subject of intense debate between proponents of broad legislative standards enforced through litigation and those who prefer regulation by administrative agencies. This book explores the trade-offs between litigation and regulation, the circumstances in which one approach may outperform the other, and the principles that affect the choice between addressing particular economic activities with one system or the other. Combining theoretical analysis with empirical investigation in a range of industries, including public health, financial mark |
| Analysis |
legislation, politics, litigation, regulation, administrative agencies, industry, public health, financial markets, medical care, healthcare, workplace safety, osha, trade, economy, big tobacco, gun control, nra, product liability exemption, fda, employment protection, temporary disability, labor, workers compensation, texas, prescription drugs, drug abuse, pharmacies, pill farms, opioid crisis, natural disaster, earthquakes, hospitals, nonfiction, political science, history, business, law, legal system, courts, economics |
| Notes |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Regulation (Agencies) versus Litigation (Courts): An Analytical Framework; 2. Efficient Regulation; 3. The Trouble with Cases; 4. Tobacco Regulation through Litigation: The Master Settlement Agreement; 5. Gun Control after Heller: Litigating against Regulation; 6. The Effects of Product Liability Exemption in the Presence of the FDA; 7. The Impact of Employment Protection on Workers Disabled by Workplace Injuries; 8. Opting Out of Workers' Compensation in Texas: A Survey of Large, Multistate Nonsubscribers |
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9. M & A Break Fees: U.S. Litigation versus UK Regulation10. Exploring Ex Ante Regulatory Mechanisms for Detecting Prescription Drug Misuse; 11. Natural Disaster Management: Earthquake Risk and Hospitals' Provision of Essential Services in California; Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index |
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Print version record |
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Administrative procedure -- United States
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Industrial laws and legislation -- United States.
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Trade regulation -- United States
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Actions and defenses -- United States.
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Administrative procedure -- Economic aspects
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Actions and defenses -- Economic aspects
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Social control.
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Social Control, Formal
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Actions and defenses
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Actions and defenses -- Economic aspects
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Administrative procedure
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Administrative procedure -- Economic aspects
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Industrial laws and legislation
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Social control
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Trade regulation
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226432212 |
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0226432211 |
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