Approaches and Dilemmas in Economic Regulation : Politics, Economics and Dynamics

by Edited by Atle Midturn and Eirik Svindland

• ISBN13: 9780333804438
• ISBN10: 0333804430
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2001-10-12
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

After a post-war period with extensive use of public service models and macroeconomically orchestrated planned regimes, the 1980's and early 1990's saw a reversion to a more liberal style of economic regulation in Western Europe. The movement from one type of regulation regime to another illustrates the paradigmatic character or economic organization and, as a result, a thorough investigation of the basic assumptions behind the choice of regulatory direction is required. At this deep level, regulatory issues are beyond a single social science discipline and much of the literature on economic regulation is specialized and too narrow to address the issues involved.

Author Biography

Atle Midttun is Professor, Norwegian School of Management, Director of its Center for Energy and the Environment, and Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Eirik Svindland is Senior Research Fellow, German Institute for Economic Research.

Table of Contents

"Regulation" as an Analytical Perspective: The French Approach--Robert Delorme * Dutch Negotiated Regulation: Conceptualization and Illustration--Maarten Arentsen & Rolf W. Künneke * Regulation of Natural Monopoly: A Public-Choice Perspective--Bengt-Arne Wickström * The Chicago Approach to Economic Regulation--Alfred Haid * Beyond Market and Hierarchy: Analytical Dilemmas in Economic Regulation--Atle Midttun * A Modern Austrian Approach to Economic Regulation--Karen I. Vaughn

"Regulation" as an Analytical Perspective: The French Approach--Robert Delorme * Dutch Negotiated Regulation: Conceptualization and Illustration--Maarten Arentsen & Rolf W. Künneke * Regulation of Natural Monopoly: A Public-Choice Perspective--Bengt-Arne Wickström * The Chicago Approach to Economic Regulation--Alfred Haid * Beyond Market and Hierarchy: Analytical Dilemmas in Economic Regulation--Atle Midttun * A Modern Austrian Approach to Economic Regulation--Karen I. Vaughn