Dibadj Rescuing Regulation

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8109-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Fashions a new way of defending the importance of economic regulation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dibadj, Reza R.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments Part I. Conventional Polarities

1. Traditional Perspectives
Definitions and History
Justifications for Regulation

2. Lambasting Regulation
Foundations of the Critique
Progeny
1. Chicago school
2. Contestability theory
3. Public choice

3. Where Is Society Left?
Direct effects: Industry Consolidation and Scandal
Indirect effects: Economic insecurity and the Retreat of "Publicness" Part II. The Economic Case for Regulation

4. Beyond Flawed Assumptions.
Unraveling the Chicago school
1. Worshipping efficiency
2. Downplaying transaction costs
3. Ignoring behavioral biases
4. Preordaining initial entitlements
5. Normativity as science?
Rethinking Contractarianism
1. Some inconsistencies
2. Exalting the private

5. Toward New Research
Post-Chicago Law and Economics
Core Theory
Behavioral Economics
Special Problems of New-Economy Industries
Some Commonalities Part III. A Path Forward

6. Substantive Reform
Social Regulation: Rescuing Cost/Benefit Analysis
Economic Regulation: Gaining Access to Bottlenecks
Reachieving Publicness
1. Basic principles
2. Reforming the regulation of public corporations

7. Institutional Changes
Limited Agencies
Some Objections
1. Aren't government actors biased?
2. Why not courts as frontline arbiters?
3. Isn't this giving up on participatory democracy? Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Reza R. Dibadj is Associate Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco.