Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation

by Edward J. Balleisen

Book Overview

After two generations of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, we now see growing interest in the possibility of constructive governance, alongside public calls for new, smarter regulation. Yet there is a real danger that regulatory reforms will be rooted in outdated ideas. As the financial crisis has shown, neither traditional market failure models nor public choice theory, by themselves, sufficiently inform or explain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521118484
• ISBN13: 9780521118484
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"