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Market Integration: The EU Experience and Implications for Regulatory Reform in China

  • Critically assesses the European experience with market integration and applies it to a Chinese context, offering valuable lessons for both the EU and China
  • Its interdisciplinary approach (Law and Economics) enriches the current discourse and presents novel insights and concrete suggestions for improvement
  • Offers new empirical data (from China and the EU) and data analysis.

Part of the book series: China-EU Law Series (CELS, volume 2)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    • Stefan E. Weishaar, Niels Philipsen, Guangdong Xu
    Pages 1-11
  3. Freedom of Establishment, Professional Regulation and Self-Regulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
    2. The Regulation of Corporate Environmental Responsibility

      • Mengxing Lu, Michael Faure
      Pages 239-265
  4. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 309-309
    2. Comparative and Concluding Remarks

      • Stefan E. Weishaar, Niels Philipsen
      Pages 311-317

About this book

This book examines the relationship between regulation and market integration, with a special focus on China. It pursues a Law and Economics and Comparative Law approach (China and EU) to analyze the current obstacles to market integration and domestic economic growth in China. Topics covered at the national level include competition law, public procurement rules and financial regulation. At the regional and local level, this book addresses questions related to administrative monopolies, self-regulation, legal services markets, and environmental law.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Niels Philipsen

  • Faculty of Law, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Stefan E. Weishaar

  • Centre for Law and Economics, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China

    Guangdong Xu

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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