The purpose of the Regulation of Economic Activity series is to inform the ongoing debate on regulatory policy by making significant and relevant research available to both scholars and decision makers. Books in this series present new insights into individual agencies, programs, and regulated sectors, as well as the important economic, political, and administrative aspects of the regulatory process that cut across these boundaries.
"Throughout most of its 44-year history, the Securities and Exchange Commission enjoyed a reputation as one of the government's most effective and admired agencies; widely regarded by the public as...
Public Regulation studies the formation of institutions and government policies that regulate industry, offering new data, new contexts, and new tools for analyzing the structure and performance of...
This study warns bankers, regulators, politicians, and taxpayers that no matter how well the deposit-insurance system may have run in the past it is headed for an expensive bureaucratic breakdown.
by Mark Armstrong, Simon Cowan and John Stuart Vickers
With Richard Schmalensee
ISBN: 9780262510790
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 20, 1994
Regulatory reform had its beginnings in the United States in the 1970s, and today it is taking place around the globe. One of the central questions for industrial policy is how to regulate firms with...
This comprehensive analysis of the British privatization program offers insights into recent policies on privatization, competition, and regulation in a country that has by far the greatest experience...
The Spatial and Political Dimensions of Hazardous Waste Policy
by James T. Hamilton and W. Kip Viscusi
ISBN: 9780262528696
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 18, 1999
Hazardous wastes often head the public's list of environmental concerns. Exaggerated estimates of cancer epidemics arising from waste sites generate a sense of alarm, but little is known about the real...
by Elizabeth E. Bailey, David R. Graham and Daniel P. Kaplan
ISBN: 9780262526425
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 8, 1985
Deregulating the Airlines narrates and analyzes the decisions taken by the Civil Aeronautics Board during the transition to deregulation and the reasoning behind the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978.
by George G. Kaufman, George J. Benston, Robert A. Eisenbeis, Paul M. Horvitz and Edward J. Kane
ISBN: 9780262518871
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: April 30, 1986
In this book five leading bank scholars explore the safety and soundness of the U.S. banking system in an economic environment where the likelihood of failures of individual banks has significantly increased.
