Informational Approaches To Regulation

Author : Wesley A. Magat,W. Kip Viscusi
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 026213277X

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Informational Approaches to Regulation by Wesley A. Magat,W. Kip Viscusi Pdf

Their set of original studies of household chemicals, energy audits, and food risk labeling establishes guidelines for the design and evaluation of these informational regulations. How does risk labeling information on hazardous household chemicals and pesticides influence consumer behavior? While many studies speculate on the effects of risk information, Magat and Viscusi draw on a series of extensive surveys to assess the likely response. Their set of original studies of household chemicals, energy audits, and food risk labeling establishes guidelines for the design and evaluation of these informational regulations. Their findings also include new estimates of the valuation of nonfatal health risks, the first estimates in the literature of the role of altruism, and an assessment of the influence of irrational responses to risk. Although economists suggest that giving consumers information about potentially hazardous goods is preferable to direct regulation of product content, implementation of information regulation raises a host of issues that need to be addressed. Magat and Viscusi document the cognitive limitations that consumers have in processing information and break new ground by showing how, given this behavior, the informational regulations should be designed.Case studies assess the degree to which different kinds of consumers notice, remember, and heed printed warnings in a range of wordings and formats. They then examine risk valuation, showing how much consumers are willing to pay for increased product safety under various conditions. A concluding chapter synthesizes the results and discusses their implications for regulatory policy.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Board on Global Health,Committee on Strengthening Core Elements of Food and Drug Regulatory Systems in Developing Countries
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309224086

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Ensuring Safe Foods and Medical Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad by Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Sciences Policy,Board on Global Health,Committee on Strengthening Core Elements of Food and Drug Regulatory Systems in Developing Countries Pdf

A very high portion of the seafood we eat comes from abroad, mainly from China and Southeast Asia, and most of the active ingredients in medicines we take originate in other countries. Many low- and middle-income countries have lower labor costs and fewer and less stringent environmental regulations than the United States, making them attractive places to produce food and chemical ingredients for export. Safe Foods and Medical Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad explains that the diversity and scale of imports makes it impractical for U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) border inspections to be sufficient to ensure product purity and safety, and incidents such as American deaths due to adulterated heparin imported from China propelled the problem into public awareness. The Institute of Medicine Committee on Strengthening Core Elements of Regulatory Systems in Developing Countries took up the vital task of helping the FDA to cope with the reality that so much of the food, drugs, biologics, and medical products consumed in the United States originate in countries with less-robust regulatory systems. Ensuring Safe Foods and Medical Products Through Stronger Regulatory Systems Abroad describes the ways the United States can help strengthen regulatory systems in low and middle income countries and promote cross-border partnerships - including government, industry, and academia - to foster regulatory science and build a core of regulatory professionals. This report also emphasizes an array of practical approaches to ensure sound regulatory practices in today's interconnected world.

Author : Marius Fischer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783111045238

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Disruptive Change and the Capital Markets by Marius Fischer Pdf

The risk-based approach to capital markets regulation is in crisis. Climate change, shifting demographics, geopolitical conflicts and other environmental discontinuities threaten established business models and shorten the life spans of listed companies. The current rules for periodic disclosure in the EU fail to inform market participants adequately. Unlike risks, uncertainties are unquantifiable or may only be quantified at great cost, causing them to be insufficiently reflected in periodic reports. This is unfortunate, given the pivotal role capital markets must play in the economy’s adaptation to environmental discontinuities. It is only with a reformed framework for periodic disclosure, that gradual and orderly adaptation to these discontinuities appears feasible. To ensure orderly market adaptation, a new reporting format is required: scenario analysis should be integrated into the European framework for periodic disclosure.

Author : Thomas Gibbons
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000949872

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Regulating Audiovisual Services by Thomas Gibbons Pdf

In recent years, the changing nature of audiovisual services has had a significant impact on regulatory policy and practice. The adoption of digital technology means that broadcasting, cable, satellite, the Internet and mobile telephony are converging, enabling each of them to deliver the same kinds of content and allowing users to exercise much greater choice over the kind of material that they receive and when they receive it. The essays examine the implications for regulatory design, asking whether there is still a role for traditional-style state controls, or whether other techniques, such as competition in the market and self-regulation, are more appropriate. They also explore how, in the digital era, structural issues of media ownership and control become problems of access and interconnection between services and how content regulation focuses more on problems raised by the interactions between providers and users, the relationship between freedom of information and technologies to control it and the international reach of the new media.

Author : Maurizio Borghi,Roger Brownsword
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000830354

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Law, Regulation and Governance in the Information Society by Maurizio Borghi,Roger Brownsword Pdf

This edited collection seeks to map the landscape of contemporary informational interests, to evaluate a range of recognised and putative rights and wrongs associated with modern information societies, and to consider how law, regulation, and governance should be deployed in response. New technologies and new applications constantly disrupt our values, our framing of our world, and our sense of where we are and who we are. In our ‘information societies’, we entertain mixed hopes and expectations, as well as significant fears and concerns. At the root of these, there are a number of informational interests, on the basis of which certain rights are claimed and particular wrongs denounced. This book addresses these interests, considering them as relating primarily to the integrity of the informational ecosystem, to the accessibility, accuracy, and authenticity of public information, and to our individual ability to control the outward and inward flows of information that relates directly to ourselves. Covering a wide range of subjects, the book’s interrogation of our contemporary information society is oriented around two questions: first, whether the information society in which we live is the kind of society that we think it should be and, second, if not, what we can reasonably expect law, regulation, and governance to do in providing the basis for improving it. This book will be of considerable interest to those working at the intersection of law and technology, as well as others concerned with the legal, political, and social aspects of our information society.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Industrial policy
ISBN : IND:30000099431334

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Regulatory Reform Seminar by Anonim Pdf

Author : James T. Hamilton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139446976

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Regulation through Revelation by James T. Hamilton Pdf

Information provision is increasingly being used as a regulatory tool. The US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program required facilities that handle threshold amounts of specific chemicals to report yearly their releases and transfers of these toxic substances. The TRI data have become the yardstick by which regulators, investors, environmental organizations, and local community groups measure company environmental performance. This book, which was originally published in 2005, tells the story of the TRI from its origin and implementation to its revision and retrenchment. The mix of case study and quantitative analysis shows how the TRI operates and how the information provided affects decisions in both the public and private sectors. The lessons drawn about the operation of information provision programs should be of interest to multiple audiences.

Author : Francesco Parisi
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191507199

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The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics by Francesco Parisi Pdf

Covering over one-hundred topics on issues ranging from Law and Neuroeconomics to European Union Law and Economics to Feminist Theory and Law and Economics, The Oxford Handbook of Law and Economics is the definitive work in the field of law and economics. The book gathers together scholars and experts in law and economics to create the most inclusive and current work on law and economics. Edited by Francisco Parisi, the Handbook looks at the origins of the field of law and economics, tracks its progression and increased importance to both law and economics, and looks to the future of the field and its continued development by examining a cornucopia of fields touched by work in law and economics. The uniqueness of its breadth, depth, and convenience make the volume essential to scholars, students, and contributors in the field of law and economics.

Author : Anthony I Ogus
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-10-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847316882

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Regulation by Anthony I Ogus Pdf

This is a reprint of Anthony Ogus' classic study of regulation,first published in the 1990s. It examines how, since the last decades of the twentieth century there have been fundamental changes in the relationship between the state and industry. With the aid of economic theory Anthony Ogus critically examines the ways in which public law has been adapted to the task of regulating industrial activity and provides a systematic overview of the theory and forms of social and economic regulation. In particular, he explores the reasons why governments regulate, for which, broadly speaking, two theoretical frameworks exist. First 'public interest' theories determine that regulation should aim to improve social and economic welfare. Second, 'economic' theories suggest that regulation should aim to satisfy the demands of private interests. The book also looks at the evolution of the forms of regulation in Britain, extending to the policies of privatization and deregulation which were so characteristic of the period. The author skilfully evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of the different forms of regulation, particularly in the light of the two theoretical frameworks, but also by involving an analysis of how firms respond to the various kinds of incentives and controls offered by government. A significant feature of the book is its analysis of the choices made by governments between the different forms of regulation and the influence exerted by interest groups (including bureaucrats) and EC law.

Author : Diane Rowland
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1859417566

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Information Technology Law by Diane Rowland Pdf

Diane Rowland examines recent developments in criminal law, tort, contract law and intellectual property rights law that have taken place in response to technological advances and innovations.

Author : Ralf Boscheck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134506279

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Market Drive and Governance by Ralf Boscheck Pdf

Corporate moves towards focused production and outsourcing, governmental reforms involving privatization and deregulation and the globalization of trade and investments promise large efficiency gains. However, the necessary coordination mechanisms call for regulatory approval and policy guidelines to safeguard these undertakings against abuse, which in turn are held up against the test of administrative efficiency and global regulatory competition. The question is: what standard will ultimately inspire policy, satisfy administration and be acceptable to parties inside and outside of a given commercial and economic arrangement? Ralf Boscheck looks to the various approaches of institutional and constitutional economics to complement traditional market models in shaping policies to govern increasingly complex market conditions. This book clarifies, integrates and applies diverse perspectives to salient issues of governance and presents them in an accessible manner. It will be an invaluable contribution to this field.

Author : Cato Institute,David Boaz
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781933995915

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Cato Handbook for Policymakers by Cato Institute,David Boaz Pdf

Offers policy recommendations from Cato Institute experts on every major policy issue. Providing both in-depth analysis and concrete recommendations, the Handbook is an invaluable resource for policymakers and anyone else interested in securing liberty through limited government.

Author : Robert E. Babe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1993-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0792393589

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Information and Communication in Economics by Robert E. Babe Pdf

Although there is a burgeoning interest among economists in `information economics', much of the literature adopts a reductionist conceptualization of information, defining it exclusively as reduction in uncertainty, exploring the implications of imperfect information on markets. This neoclassical treatment obscures major interrelations between economic and communicatory processes. Drawing on a range of distinguished scholarship from both the economic and communication studies disciplines, Information and Communication in Economics explores the implications for economic analysis and our understanding of economic processes of employing a more complete conceptualization of information: information as locus of power; information as evolutionary agent; and media systems as devices for control.

Author : W. Kip Viscusi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 0815798857

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Regulation through Litigation by W. Kip Viscusi Pdf

Recent high-profile lawsuits involving cigarettes, guns, breast implants, and other products have created new frictions between litigation and regulation. Increasingly, litigation is being used as a financial lever to force companies to accept negotiated regulatory policies—policies that invariably involve less public input and accountability than those arising from government regulation. The process not only usurps the traditional governmental authority for regulation, but also shifts the locus of establishing tax policy from the legislature to the parties involved in the litigation. Citizen interests are not explicitly represented and there is no mechanism to ensure that these outcomes are in society's best interests. By focusing on case studies involving the tobacco industry, guns, lead paint, breast implants, and health maintenance organizations, the contributors to this volume collectively shed light on the likely consequences of regulation through litigation for insurance markets and society at large. They analyze the ramifications of large-scale lawsuits, mass torts, and class actions for the insurance market, and advocate increased public scrutiny of attorney reimbursement and a competitive bidding process for all lawsuits involving government entities as the plaintiffs.

Author : Daniel Bodansky,Harro van Asselt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780197672365

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The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law by Daniel Bodansky,Harro van Asselt Pdf

The second edition of The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law is a sophisticated yet highly readable introduction to how international environmental law works (and sometimes doesn't work). It provides critical updates on developments in the field that have occurred in the 13 years since the first edition was published.