David Levi-Faur
Political Science Department
Regulation
What is it?,
Why Study?,
How Study?
Introduction
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Regulation - what is it?
- wide-scope definition,
narrow scope definition,
history-oriented definition,
characteristics o f regulatory
politics
Type of Policies:
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Allocation
re-distribution
Developmental
Regulative
State Formation
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The Developmental State
The Welfare State
The Regulatory State
Types of Regulation (1)
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Cost of Service Regulation
Entry
Standards
Content
Types of Regulation (2)
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Economic Regulation - deals with
the economic aspects of the
market
Social Regulation - deals with the
social (externalities) outcomes of
the market
Key Features of Economic and Social Regulation
Regulation Economic
Features Regulation
Social Regulation
Focus of
Agency
Structure
Single
Industry
Commission
Multi-industry
activity
Executive agency
Focus of
Rules
Political
Context
Entry, price,
service
producers,
officials
Standards
Diverse interests
Types of Regulation (3)
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1. Pure private regulation: regulation and
implementation is done by the industry without
state support;
2. state assisted private regulation:rules are made
autonomously by private organizations or private
representatives on semi-public bodies with the
(indirect) backing of statutory power.
3. Private assisted state regulation: state rules laid
down in law are to be significant extent
implemented by private or semi-public bodies.
Regulatory reform
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Deregulation
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Re-regulation
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Liberalization
Types of Regulation
(Comparative legal perspective)
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strict vs. open ended;
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adversarial vs. consensual;
Types of Regulation
(Economic perspective)
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rate of return regulation (cost-plus)
vs. incentive regulation, RPI-X).
‫עליית העסקים הגדולים‬
‫החל מאמצע‬
‫המאה ה‪19 -‬‬
‫התגובה האירופאית‬
‫התגובה האמריקאית‬
‫רגולציה‬
‫הלאמה‬
‫שינוי‬
‫‪1970s-1980s‬‬
‫הפרטה‬
‫‪+‬דה‪-‬רגולציה‬
‫רה‪-‬רגולציה‬
‫דה‪-‬רגולציה‬
‫רה‪-‬רגולציה‬