Regulatory Competition and Economic Integration: Comparative Perspectives

by Daniel C. Esty, Geradin Damien

Overview

This study addresses one of the hottest policy questions on both sides of the Atlantic—at what level of government should regulation be undertaken?. The editors bring together leading scholars to examine the various aspects of the debate between "harmonization" and "regulatory competition" across three comparative dimensions. The book provides a sharp focus on the circumstances that would yield gains from regulatory competition and to contrast those cases where heightened cooperation in standard setting or broader regulatory harmonization might increase social welfare.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198299059
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/12/2001
Series:	International Economic Law Series
Pages:	468
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Yale Law School

College of Europe

Table of Contents

I. Introduction to Regulatory Competition Theory1. Federalism and Regulation: Some Generalizations, Richard Revesz2. Regulatory Co-Opetition, Daniel C.Esty and Damien GeradinII. Regulatory Competition Theory in the US System3. Some Observations Concerning Multi-jurisdictional Tax Competition, Daniel Shaviro4. Federalism and Takeover Law: The Race to Protect Managers From Takeovers, Lucian Arye Bebchuk and Allen Ferrell5. Regulatory Competition in the US Federal System: Banking and Financial Services, Jonathan R. Macey6. Labor Federalism in the United States: Lessons for Coordinated Decentralization in Supranational Regimes, Mark Barenberg7. Environmental Federalism in the United States: The Risks of Devolution, Kirsten Engel and Susan Rose-AckermanIII. Regulatory Competition Theory in the EU Context8. Fiscal Federalism, Jurisdictional Competition and Tax Coordination: Translating Theory to Policy in the European Union, William Bratton and Joseph McCahery9. Regulatory Competition versus Harmonization in European Company Law, Simon Deakin10. Regulatory Competition in the EU System: Banking and Financial Services, Gérard Hertig11. Regulatory Competition in the EU System: Labor, Brian Bercusson12. Regulatory Competition vs. Harmonization in EU Environmental Law, Michael FaureIV. Regulatory Competition at the Global Scale13. Regulatory Competition and Regulatory Jurisdiction in International Securities Regulation, Joel P. Trachtman14. Regulatory Competition and the Global Coordination of Labor Standards, David Charny15. Environmental Regulation and Economic Integration, David Vogel16. Antitrust Law on a Global Scale: Races Up, Down, and Sideways, Eleanor M. Fox17. The TRIPS Agreement: A Response to Global Regulatory Competition or an Exercise in Global Regulatory Coercion?, Inge Govaere and Paul Demaret