Understanding regulation : theory, strategy, and practice

Robert Baldwin and Martin Cave

Why regulate -- Explaining regulation -- Regulatory strategies -- Who regulates? Institutions and structures -- What is 'good' regulation? -- The cost-benefit testing of regulation -- Enforcing regulation -- Setting standards -- Self-regulation -- Regulating risks -- Regulation in the European context -- Regulatory competition and coordination -- British utilities regulation: the basic structure -- Price setting in natural monopolies -- Regulation versus competition -- Price-capping mechanisms -- Measuring efficiency: benchmarking, yardsticking, and performance -- Regulating quality -- Franchising and its limitations -- Accountability -- Procedures and fairness -- Conclusions

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Year of publication:	1999 ; 1. publ.
Authors:	Baldwin, Robert ; Cave, Martin
Publisher:	Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press
Subject:	Regulierung \| Regulation \| Theorie \| Theory \| Großbritannien \| United Kingdom \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de] ; Table of Contents [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov] ; Description [loc.gov]