GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF BUSINESS: ITS GROWTH, IMPACT AND FUTURE
五篇论文探讨了美国监管的增长原因与后果,包括对价格、产出、投资、竞争的影响,以及放松管制的展望,适合关注监管政策与产业组织的学者。
Five papers explore the effects of regulation, the causes and consequences of its dramatic growth in the United States, and the prospects for deregulation. Specific topics include the impact of public utilities and transportation regulation on prices, output, investment, health and safety regulation, and environmental regulation; the indirect effects of regulation on competition (e.g., on the cost of new capacity and competitive positions of firms); the causes and consequences of major shifts in business-government relationships; conceptual and practical problems in measuring the costs of regulation; and an analysis of the legislative deregulation of the airline industry, with projections for deregulation in the railroad and trucking industries.