Regulation and Its Alternatives


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Abstract: The government's role in establishing and enforcing regulatory policy and processes is discussed. The best solution to each problem raised by regulatory proposals can be found only afer all of the facts are examined. Major issues include: markets and regulation (which discusses the regulatory process and examines the economic and social performance goals that competition, regulation, and governmental techniques expect to achieve); regulatory justifications (which examines technical efficiency and welfare efficiency, complex problems with no single solution); equity (realms of values); and the politics of regulations (which examines legislation; administration, and reform). (kbc).







Assessing Regulatory Alternatives:


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This guide is intended to help government agencies to approach the task of assessing regulatory alternatives in an organized and consistent fashion. Part 1 reviews the process of finding the best alternatives by providing a series of questions to consider, reflecting the government's regulatory policy and the key information requirements of a Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement. The questions also reflect the latest thinking on how to integrate risk management principles into regulatory decision-making and how to maximize compliance with regulatory requirements. Part 2 provides questions to consider regarding the factors that affect the behaviour of those affected by a regulation or alternative. Part 3 explains alternatives to regulation, such as taxation, loans and guarantees, user charges, standards, insurance, promotion of voluntary action, and modification of private law rights and procedures. The final part discusses alternative forms of regulation, including direct product controls, supplier entry and exit controls, production process controls, information controls, and marketable rights.




Alternatives to Multilateralism


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Analysis and case studies of emerging forms of private, public, and hybrid social and environmental governance. The effects of globalization on governance are complex and uncertain. As markets integrate, governments have become increasingly hesitant to enforce regulations inside their own jurisdictions. At the same time, multilateralism has proven unsuccessful in coordinating states' responses to global challenges. In this book, Lena Partzsch describes alternatives to multilateralism, offering analyses and case studies of emerging—alternative—forms of private, public, and hybrid social and environmental regulation. In doing so, she offers a unique overview of cutting-edge approaches to global governance. After laying the theoretical and empirical foundation of her argument, Partzsch presents three case studies from the countries most affected by these new forms of governance. Drawing on primary documents, interviews, and participatory observations, she analyzes cotton supply chains and voluntary (private) cotton certification in Ethiopia; public supply-chain regulation of “conflict resources” from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and hybrid governance of palm oil production in Indonesia. Partzsch finds that the new entanglement of public and private regulation fails to address social and environmental considerations in mainstream markets; argues that only in exceptional cases do alternative forms of regulation overcome the power asymmetries between actors in the consuming countries of the Global North and those in the producing countries of the Global South; and concludes that, while the paradigm of free trade fades, we must continue to develop viable alternatives in order to pursue collective norms of environmental sustainability and social justice.







Alternatives to Regulation


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Law and Economics


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The economic analysis of legal and regulatory issues need not be limited to the neoclassical economic approach. The expert contributors to this work employ a variety of heterodox legal-economic theories to address a broad range of legal issues. They demonstrate how these various approaches can lead to very different conclusions concerning the role of the law and legal intervention in a wide array of contexts. The schools of thought and methodologies represented here include institutional economics, new institutional economics, socio-economics, social economics, behavioral economics, game theory, feminist economics, Rawlsian economics, radical economics, Austrian economics, and personalist economics. The legal and regulatory issues examined include anti-trust and competition, corporate governance, the environment and natural resources, land use and property rights, unions and collective bargaining, welfare benefits, work-time regulation and standards, sexual harassment in the workplace, obligations of employers and employees to each other, crime, torts, and even the structure of government. Each contributor brings a different emphasis and provides thoughtful, sometimes provocative analysis and conclusions. Together, these heterodox insights will provide valuable supplementary reading for courses in law and economics as well as public policy and business courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.




Alternatives to Regulation?


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This book chapter presents a discussion of instrument choice in institutional context, with an emphasis on the Kyoto Protocol as an example of environmental benefit trading under a multilevel governance arrangement. Typically, economic models and qualitative discussion of instrument choice implicitly assume that a single regulator selects, designs, and enforces regulatory instruments. Increasingly, however, multiple polities implement regulatory instruments together. The Kyoto Protocol, for example, includes international, regional, national, sub-national, and private roles in the design and enforcement of emissions trading. This chapter emphasizes that design and enforcement are critical, as market mechanisms do not quot;automaticallyquot; produce environmental progress; rather they produce progress if properly designed and enforced and not otherwise. This chapter recounts the history of market mechanisms' growth, emphasizing the contrast between the United States' success with the acid rain program and its earlier failure with bubble programs. It also discusses the use of market mechanisms around the world, with some emphasis on the intersection between ideology and instrument choice. Finally, it describes the roles of multiple institutional actors in implementing environmental benefit trading under the Kyoto Protocol and analyzes some of the challenges that arise when an instrument is implemented in a complex multi-jurisdictional setting.




Regulation A+ and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO


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Understand Regulation A+ and other alternative funding methods Regulation A+ and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO delves into the details of the newSEC rules under the JOBS Act of 2012 to examine the benefits and pitfalls for entrepreneurs and investors. Written by the 'Godfather of Reg A+,' this book breaks down the complex details of Regulation A+ and other alternative funding methods to help small businesses determine how best to go public and raise capital. A traditional IPO comes with barriers that can be insurmountable for a small company seeking to enter the public markets; thus far, reverse mergers have provided a challenging 'back door' to the market, but Regulation A+ re-opens the front door to allow small cap companies to raise capital while keeping offering and compliance costs manageable in a way not possible with a traditional IPO. More complex than simple crowdfunding, yet just as accessible by all investors, Regulation A+ is a step up for entrepreneurs at any stage wanting to go public where Wall Street meets Main Street. Straightforward explanations, smart strategy, and illustrative examples make this book an invaluable guide for those seeking to truly understand the nuances of Regulation A+ in order to work more effectively within its bounds. Understand how Regulation A+ differs from a traditional IPO and the early experience with this exciting new approach Examine the JOBS Act and the SEC's rules under Title IV Explore the past, present, and future of reverse mergers, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and self-filings Discover new alternatives including new rules under Rule 504 and Regulation S The new rules provide a faster, more streamlined, more cost-effective route to up to $50 million in capital, and offer companies more flexibility than ever. Every entrepreneur needs to know all available funding options, and Regulation A+ and Other Alternatives to a Traditional IPO provides essential guidance from the expert in the field.




Assessing Regulatory Alternatives


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This guide is intended to help government agencies to approach the task of assessing regulatory alternatives in an organized and consistent fashion. Part 1 reviews the process of finding the best alternatives by providing a series of questions to consider, reflecting the government's regulatory policy and the key information requirements of a Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement. The questions also reflect the latest thinking on how to integrate risk management principles into regulatory decision-making and how to maximize compliance with regulatory requirements. Part 2 provides questions to consider regarding the factors that affect the behaviour of those affected by a regulation or alternative. Part 3 explains alternatives to regulation, such as taxation, loans and guarantees, user charges, standards, insurance, promotion of voluntary action, and modification of private law rights and procedures. The final part discusses alternative forms of regulation, including direct product controls, supplier entry and exit controls, production process controls, information controls, and marketable rights.