Political competition and economic regulation
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Political competition and economic regulation
（Routledge explorations in economic history, 36）
Routledge, 2007
- : hbk
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"For the Egon Sohmen Foundation"
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Organized, readable, technically sound and comprehensive from both theoretical and empirical standpoints, this book summarizes a vast amount of institutional, historical and descriptive detail.
Using case studies from the US, Canada, Germany and Switzerland as well as the European Union and the global economy, this is the first book of its kind to examine historical evidence on how competition among states - or the lack of it - affects regulation, especially labour market regulation.
Edited by internationally respected scholars of economics and containing contributions from eminent economists, this book reveals important implications as to whether European political integration leads to more regulation and whether globalization restrains regulation. It will be of great interest to both economists and students engaged with political economy, public choice and regulation.
Table of Contents
1. The Effect of Interjurisdictional Competition on Regulation: Theory and Overview 2. Politico-economic Causes of Labour Regulation in the United States: Rent Seeking, Alliances, Raising Rivals' Costs (Even Lowering One's Own?) and Interjurisdictional Competition 3. Interjurisdictional Competition in Regulation: Evidence for Canada at the Provincial Level 4. Labour Market Regulation in the European Union: Causes and Consequences 5. Was there Regulatory Competition in Early Modern Germany? 6. Regulatory Competition and Federalism in Switzerland: Diffusion by Horizontal and Vertical Interaction 7. The Drivers of Deregulation in the Era of Globalization
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