Industry Regulation & the Performance of the American Economy

by Paul W. MacAvoy

Book Overview

Beginning with the Act to Regulate Commerce of 1887, Professor MacAvoy traces the rise of regulation over one hundred years to its sharp curtailment in the 1980s. Originally invoked as a means of controlling the prices set by monopolies, this policy tool found extended use in the last quarter-century to do everything from keeping down energy prices to protecting the health and safety of workers and the quality of the environment. In most cases regulation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393961869
• ISBN13: 9780393961867
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.2"