Research Catalog

Title

Economics of regulation and antitrust / W. Kip Viscusi, John M. Vernon, Joseph E. Harrington, Jr.

Author

Viscusi, W. Kip

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2000.

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Additional Authors

• Harrington, Joseph E., Jr., 1957-
• Vernon, John M.
• Vernon, John M. (John Mitcham), 1937-

Description

xxvi, 864 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Departing from the traditional emphasis on institutions, this text emphasizes the use of economic theory and empirical analysis to understand regulatory and antitrust policies. Questions addressed include: What are the market failure rationales for, and what is the appropriate form of, government intervention? What does theory show about competition in the presence of a market failure and the implications of government intervention to correct that failure? What do empirical analyses indicate about our regulatory experience and the direction of future intervention?

Subject

• Antitrust law > United States
• Industrial policy > United States
• Trade regulation > United States

Genre/Form

Educational tools (form)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The making of a regulation -- I. Antitrust -- 3. Introduction to antitrust -- 4. Effciency and technical progress -- 5. Oligopoly, collusion, and antitrust -- 6. Market structure and strategic competition -- 7. Mergers -- 8. Vertical mergers and restrictions -- 9. Monopolization and price discrimination -- II. Economic regulation -- 10. Introduction to economic regulation -- 11. Theory of natural monopoly -- 12 Natural monopoly regulation and electric power -- 13. Franchise bidding and cable television -- 14. Public enterprise -- 15. Dynamic issues in natural monopoly regulation: telecommunications -- 16. The regulation of potentially competitive markets: theory and estimation methods -- 17. Economic regulation of transportation: surface freight and airlines -- 18. Economic regulation of energy: crude oil and natural gas -- III. Health, safety, and environmental regulation -- 19. Introduction: the emergence of health, safety, and environmental regulation -- 20. Valuing life and other nonmonetary benefits -- 21. Environmental regulation -- 22. Product safety -- 23. Regulation of workplace health and safety -- 24. Patents and pharmaceuticals -- Indices.

ISBN

0262220628 (hb)

LCCN

^^^99054944^

OCLC

42842345

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library