Controlling the Regulators

Julie Froud author Rebecca Boden author Anthony Ogus author Peter Stubbs author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:19th Oct '98

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An authoritative study of attempts to deregulate and roll back the state in Britain from 1979-1997. Compliance cost assessment was the new tool used by the UK government to evaluate the likely impact of legislative proposals on business. The authors analyze the system and, using case studies, evaluate its performance as a technique of economic appraisal and as a way of controlling civil servants. Comparisons are made with the European Fiche d'impact and the American regulatory impact analysis. Given the considerable importance of CCA, and the dearth of literature on it, the book makes a significant contribution to the understanding of public policy-making.

'Business has long complained about the economic burden of rules and regulations but how can these costs be effectively recognised at the design stage of the regulatory process? Controlling the Regulators provides an unrivalled contribution to our understanding of attempts to cost and appraise regulatory initiatives. Working at the interface between law, accounting and economics, the authors demonstrate the complex politics of implementing Compliance Cost Assessment and offer some lessons for attempts at economic appraisal of regulatory action. This book is a unique source for academics and practitioners and provides important insights into the problems and paradox of deregulation.' - Michael Power, London School of Economics and Political Science

'Froud et al's research constitutes an important contribution to the legal literature on rule-making and regulation. Generally, this literature has so far devoted little attention to economic appraisal.' - Bettina Lange, Modern Law Review

ISBN: 9781349146345

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216 pages

1st ed. 1998