Obtaining the best from Regulation and Competition (Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy)
Contributors: Michael A. Crew (Editor); Menahem Spiegel (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 2, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781402076626
Subjects: Development economics; Industrial laws and legislation; Congresses; Business/Economics; Trade regulation; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Economics - Microeconomics; Economics - General; Development - Economic Development; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics-Economics - General; Business & Economics-Economics - Microeconomics; Industrial policy; United States; Commerce; Commercial - General; Economic aspects
First sentence: Reform and in many cases removal of economic regulation in the U.S. and around the world over the last quarter century is predicated on the perspective that regulation and competition are demand-side substitutes as means for setting prices and product characteristics in an economy.1