, local governments, and devolved administrations all enjoy democratic legitimacy, disputes over who should have the power to … over who should have the power to impose social distancing rules by drawing on economic theory, particularly the work of … unified into a single unit and instead dispersed to different levels (e.g. county and borough councils), power over social …

Self-regulation is common, but comparative analysis of self-regulation and government regulation is rare. This paper … identifies conditions determining whether regulation is delegated or centralized, analyzing the welfare implications of … government-producer bargaining. Self-regulation's relative efficiency increases with uncertainty over institutional …