Introduction : towards a new regulatory state in old-age security? : exploring the issues / Lutz Leisering, Deborah Mabbett -- The transformations of the regulatory state / Giandomenico Majone -- De-regulation and re-regulation of public utilities : the new regulatory state in the European...

"Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective. This book addresses the puzzle of how to approach differing institutional preferences. It argues that the reduction and limitation of transaction costs was the primary determinant of security...