Regulatory Competition and Economic Integration
Comparative Perspectives
Published on 1. February 2001
Book
Hardback
468 pages
978-0-19-829905-9 (ISBN)
Description
Regulatory Competition and Economic Integration addresses one of the hottest policy questions on both sides of the Atlantic: at what level of government should regulation be undertaken? Whether called 'federalism' or 'subsidiarity', the struggle between those who wish to centralize governmental functions and those who seek to decentralize them looms large. Esty and Geradin bring together top-notch scholars from both Europe and the United States to examine the various aspects of the debate between 'harmonization' and 'regulatory competition' across three comparative dimensions: first, across regulatory areas (environment, banking, corporate law, labor, tax and antitrust); second, across models of economic integration (from highly integrated systems, such as the United States or the European Union, to loosely integrated regimes, such as the WTO); and third, across disciplinary perspectives (law, economics, business, political science). The book provides a sharp focus on the circumstances that would yield gains from regulatory competition and to contrast those cases where heightened co-operation in standard setting or broader regulatory harmonization might increase social welfare.
Reviews / Votes
... a major contribution to the third wave of literature ... the quality of all of the contributions is very high. Their work merits attention from policy-makers and academics alike. * Anthony Ogus, Professor of Law, University of Manchester and Research Professor, University of Maastricht * The question of regulatory competition has come to center stage with widespread fears of a race to the bottom in the rapidly integrating world economy. This book, with penetrating and masterly essays by several of the leading authorities on the subject, is therefore immensely timely. Read and be informed. * Jagdish Bhagwati, Andre Meyer Senior Fellow in International Relations, Council on Foreign Relations. *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
863 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-829905-9 (9780198299059)
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Persons
Daniel C. Esty is Associate Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Clinical professor of Law at Yale Law School
Damien Geradin is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Liege and Professor of Law at the College of Europe, Bruges
Damien Geradin is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Liege and Professor of Law at the College of Europe, Bruges
Editor
Associate Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Clinical Professor of LawAssociate Dean of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Clinical Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Associate Professor of Law at the University of Liege and Professor of LawAssociate Professor of Law at the University of Liege and Professor of Law, College of Europe, Bruges
Content
I. INTRODUCTION TO REGULATORY COMPETITION THEORY; II. REGULATORY COMPETITION THEORY IN THE US SYSTEM; III. REGULATORY COMPETITION THEORY IN THE EU CONTEXT; IV. REGULATORY COMPETITION AT THE GLOBAL SCALE