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Summary
The 1980s were a time when an active role for government was viewed with suspicion and hostility in many countries. To some degree, antipathy towards government has continued into the early 1990s, but attitudes are changing. The 1990s appear to be the decade of regulation. Privatization has led to the creation of new regulatory bodies, and in addition, the continuing merger boom, the rise of transnational corporations and the effort to unify the European market have further promoted regulatory activity. In this volume, a team of leading industrial economists focuses on the processes by which governments in market economies take actions to influence economic activity in firms and industries. They provide teachers, students, and researchers with a coherent framework for the analysis of regulation and explore such key issues as the relationship between information and regulation, the regulation of monopolies, and the role of regulation within the European Community. Regulation has been defendedas a remedy for market failure and a curb on monopoly power. This study recognizes the importance of these functions but also argues that regulation can be a positive instrument for promoting industrial development.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. xi |
| Notes | p. xvii |
| Government Power | p. 1 |
| Is Successful Regulation Possible? | p. 3 |
| References | p. 24 |
| Economic Rationale | p. 27 |
| Allocative Inefficiency and Monopoly as a Basis for Regulation | p. 29 |
| A Strategy for Industrial Development as a Basis for Regulation | p. 44 |
| Information | p. 61 |
| Nationalization and the Background to Recent Regulatory Issues | p. 63 |
| Regulators' Need for Quality Information and the Provision of Bus Services in Scotland | p. 85 |
| References | p. 105 |
| Regulatory Instruments | p. 109 |
| Regulating Firms with Monopoly Power | p. 111 |
| Notes | p. 134 |
| Regulation of Mergers | p. 141 |
| Government Collaboration | p. 159 |
| A Rationale for an Appropriate Level of Regulation in the European Community | p. 161 |
| European Integration, Transnational Corporations and North-South Convergence | p. 188 |
| References | p. 207 |
| Index | p. 209 |
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