Deregulation or re-regulation?: regulatory reform in Europe and the United States

Abstract

Regulation and deregulation in the United States - airlines, telecommunications and antitrust, Stephen Breyer entry, divestiture and the continuation of economic regulation in the United States telecommunications sector, Robert W. Crandall deregulation in Europe - telecommunications and transportation, Gunther Knieps comments on telecomunications regulatory reform in the European community, Herbert Ungerer deregulation of the telecommunications sector, Philippe Koebel efficiency and prices in the European air transport market, Matthias-Wolfgang Stoetzer privatization and state intervention - an economic approach, Anibal Santos the regulation of new product development in the drug industry, Erich Kaufer paradoxes of deregulatory strategies at community level - the example of product safety policy, Christian Joerges some preliminary thoughts on an ecological tax reform, Ernst Ulrich Von Weizsacker strategies of regulatory reform - an economic analysis with some remarks on Germany, Charles B. Blankart regulatory reform - an appraisal, John Kay and John Vickers.