Organized interests and self-regulation : an economic approach

List of contributors -- 1. Introduction / Bernardo Bortolotti and Gianluca Fiorentini -- Pt. I. Organized interests produce legislation. 2. Political institutions as screening devices / Gianluigi Galeotti ; 3. Electoral rules and interest groups: the mix of direct and indirect taxation / Gianluca Fiorentini ; 4. Endogenous regionalism's free-trade bias: special interests in the EEC, 1968-1983 / Stephen P. Magee and Hak-Loh Lee -- Pt. II. Organized interests enforce legislation. 5. Self-regulation of the medical and legal professions: remaining barriers to competition and EC law / Roger Van den Bergh ; 6. Barriers to entry and the self-regulating professions: evidence from the market for Italian accountants / Bernardo Bortolotti and Gianluca Fiorentini ; 7. Imperfect competition in certification markets / Luigi Alberto Franzoni -- Pt. III. Private ordering and self-regulation. 8. Trust under endogenous transaction costs / Pier Luigi Sacco ; 9. Self-regulation of pollution: the role of market structure and consumer information / Devon Garvie ; 10. The theory of quality regulation and self-regulation: towards an application to financial markets / Carlo Scarpa --Index