focus on the Austrian economy's potential for untapped trade in services which appears to be substantial. While Austria … measured by OECD regulation indicators, but rather from other structural features of the Austrian economy. …

In this article I selectively survey the economic history literature on the rise of regulation in America during the … on the origins of Progressive Era regulation is consistent with the positive aspects of Austrian economics, largely … regulation. However, the normative implications of Austrian theory regarding the efficiency consequences of regulation are not …

Some regulation is needed to enhance growth and economic welfare, but too much undermines productivity. Generally, the …

& Immordino (2007), we study the optimal regulation of CRAs in a model where rating quality is unobservable and enforcing … regulation is costly. The model shows that minimum rating standards increase the social value of credit ratings. The model also … analyzes implications for regulation in the presence of conflicts of interest between the CRA and the rated clients by direct …