L5 Regulation and Industrial Policy

摘要

Van den Bergh, Roger J. and Pacces, Alessio M., eds. Regulation and Economics. Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Second Edition, vol. 9. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2012. Pp. xiv, 781. $380.00. ISBN 978-1-84720-343-4. JEL 2013-0203 Seventeen papers provide an overview of the major themes in the economics of regulation. Papers discuss economic theories of regulation; price regulation-theory and performance; regulation of information and advertising; consumer protection in the European Union; environmental regulation; risk regulation; telecommunications regulation; electricity regulation; the regulation of the natural gas industry; the regulation of water and wastewa-ter; the regulation of the global transport industry-an institutional account; insurance regulation; the regulation of banking and financial markets; the regulation of the biopharmaceutical industry; the regulation of the legal profession; the regulation of medical professions; and the regulation of accountants. Van den Bergh is Professor of Law and Economics and Director of the Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics in the Erasmus School of Law at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Pacces is Professor of Law and Finance at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Research Associate of the European Corporate Governance Institute. Index.