Requiring companies to expense options in the absence of any satisfactory method to evaluate their costs would be inconsistent with the principles and objectives of accounting.

This book argues for greater national uniformity in state and local taxes that affect interstate commerce.

Rowe and Graening outline policymakers' plans to govern the terms of access to transmission and distribution systems owned by utilities.

This study providesa comprehensive description of the global insurance industry and details the current state of international agreements that govern trade in insurance.

This monograph is a critical and constructive response to the Basel Committee on Bank Supervision for reforming international bank capital standards.

This book discusses banking, insurance, and securities regulation, as well as issues in consumer finance and electronic commerce.

Today's knowledge-based economy requires an entirely new system of assessing the value of companies--a system tapping the vast communication capabilities of the Internet.

This study explains why financial services have for centuries been regulated to a greater extent than are most products that do not directly affect people's health or safety.

The authors argue that TV regulation should be based on the same principles used for print media, for which control of editorial content lies in private hands rather than the government.

This book addresses the most prominent policy issues raised by advertising--competition, consumer information, children, ad bans, and free speech.