Regulation and Development

by Jean-Jacques Laffont

Book Overview

In Regulation and Development Jean-Jacques Laffont provides the first theoretical analysis of regulation of public services for developing countries. He shows how the debate between price-cap regulation and cost of service regulation is affected by the characteristics of less developed countries (LDCs) and offers a positive theory of privatization that stresses the role of corruption. He develops a new theory of regulation with limited enforcement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521549485
• ISBN13: 9780521549486
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.5" x 8.5"