Public Policy and the Regulatory Environment

by Kenneth M. Parzych

This book provides an introduction to the nation's diverse antitrust and regulatory policies. Parzych introduces the laws which seek to preserve competition, followed by a review of judicial litigation and a review of the incidence of industrial concentration within different markets and the impact of recent merger activity.
Contents: Part I: Regulation Within Private Markets; Introduction; Market Structures and Business Concentration; The Antitrust Laws and Enforcement; Statutes and Policies which Impede Competition; Mergers and Acquisitions; The Antitrust Laws and International Commerce; An Evaluation of Transportation; Regulation of Energy and Telecommunication Industries; Part II. The Social Regulatory Environment; Informational and Product Safety Regulations; Regulation of Employment and the Workplace; Regulation of the Financial Sector; Summary Conclusions; Index.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819190241
• ISBN13: 9780819190246
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 286 Pages