1. Some difficulties in the existing theory of externalities -- 2. Coase and all that -- 3. More on why government … look at how governments and externalities are linked. Economists frequently justify government as dealing with … externalities, defined as benefits or costs that are generated as the result of an economic activity, but that do not accrue …

This book elaborates a new dependent and localized growth theory based upon knowledge externalities by making two … knowledge externalities that consist in the access to localized external knowledge, at costs that are below equilibrium levels …

1. Environmental wrongs -- 2. Externalities and the environment -- 3. Property rights for pollution -- 4. Property …

firm and the theory and policy of externalities - all aspects of the economy as a process of valuation. This is followed by …

Electricity', Journal of Law and Economics, 5, October, 1-16 -- George J. Stigler (1971), 'The Theory of Economic Regulation … of Regulation', Journal of Law and Economics, 19 (2), August, 211-40 -- Harold Demsetz (1968), 'Why Regulate Utilities …-27 -- Richard A. Posner (1971), 'Taxation by Regulation', Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science, 2 (1), Spring, 22 …

in the regulation of complex and high-risk industries: the case of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's voluntary … evolving in co-regulation / Haiko Van der Voort -- 8. Deliberate trust-building by autonomous government agencies: evidence … interest to academics working in the fields of regulation, sociology, law, political science, public administration and trust …

Introduction / Colin Robinson -- 1. Beyond regulation / Stephen Littlechild -- Comment / Colin Robinson -- 2. Ronald … -- Comment / Nigel Stapleton -- 6. Developing the framework of rail regulation / Chris Bolt -- Comment / Chris Nash -- 7. Cost of … regulation of spectrum, telecoms and broadcasting / Ed Richards -- Comment / Richard Feasey. …

performance -- 5. Better regulation and impact assessment in the European Commission -- 6. The evolution and development of …Better state regulation is a key component of economic reform. This is the first book to comprehensively explore … route to better regulation with varying degrees of success. The book includes contributions from leading experts on …

Contents: 1. Railway regulation: A comparative analysis of a diverging reality / Juan Montero and Matthias Finger -- 2 …. Railway regulation in Germany / Thomas Fetzer -- 3. The ongoing process of liberalization of the railway sector in France … / Stéphane de la Rosa -- 4. Developments in rail regulation in britain / Chris Nash and Andrew Smith -- 5. Railway regulation in …