Failure of Judges and the Rise of Regulators

by Andrei Shleifer

Book Overview

A noted economist argues that the ubiquity of regulation can be explained by its greater efficiency when compared to litigation.

Government regulation is ubiquitous today in rich and middle-income countries--present in areas that range from workplace conditions to food processing to school curricula--although standard economic theories predict that it should be rather uncommon. In this book, Andrei Shleifer argues that the ubiquity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262529521
• ISBN13: 9780262529525
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher