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Business Regulation and Public Policy

The Costs and Benefits of Compliance

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Editors:
  1. André Nijsen

    1. Panteia B.V., Zoetermeer, Netherlands

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  2. John Hudson

    1. Dept. of Economics, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

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  3. Christoph Müller

    1. Inst. Betriebswirtschaftslehre, LS Entrepreneurship, Univ. Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

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  4. Kees Paridon

    1. Fac. Social Sciences, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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  5. R. Thurik

    1. CASBEC Room H8-24, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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  • Presents state-of-the-art insights and best practices regarding compliance costs of enterprises, and their implications for management, law, and policy
  • Features case studies and illustrative examples from around the world, including the EU, US, Asia, and the Middle East
  • Authors are leading academics, practitioners, and policymakers, integrating research and practical application
  • Analyzes available regulatory assessment instruments, with an emphasis on their impact in developing countries

Part of the book series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship (ISEN, volume 20)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-36
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  2. Historical Review: 1750–2000

    • André Nijsen
    Pages 1-10

  3. Reduction of Compliance Costs: An International Perspective

    • Kees van Paridon, Shivant Jhagroe
    Pages 1-15

  4. Origin and Functionalities of Regulation

    • André Nijsen
    Pages 1-15

  5. Techniques Available for Estimating the Impact of Regulations

    • Francis Chittenden, Stefano Iancich, Brian Sloan
    Pages 1-17

  6. SCM to Measure Compliance Costs

    • André Nijsen
    Pages 1-22

  7. Tailoring Regulation to the Regulated: The U.S. Regulatory Flexibility Act

    • William J. Dennis
    Pages 1-13

  8. Tanzania and the Problem of the Missing Middle: A Regulatory Reform Case of the United Republic of Tanzania

    • Bede Lyimo
    Pages 1-20

  9. Customized Regulations: How the Dutch Experienced the Reduction of the Burdens Imposed by Regulations

    • Leo G. M. Stevens
    Pages 1-14

  10. The New Rulemaking

    • Belaid Rettab
    Pages 1-9

  11. Standardization and Compliance Costs: Relevant Developments at EU Level

    • Frank A. G. den Butter, John Hudson
    Pages 1-15

  12. Regulatory Impact Analysis: Integrating Pro-growth Decisions into Public Policy in Developing Countries

    • Scott Jacobs
    Pages 1-11

  13. Why Focus on Enterprises?

    • Lennart Palm
    Pages 1-13

  14. Compliance Costs and the Policy Process

    • Peter van Hoesel
    Pages 1-19

  15. How to Build Regulatory Reform and Regulatory Systems

    • Frank Frick
    Pages 1-13

  16. Institutions for Better Regulation: The Example of the Netherlands, 2002–2007

    • Robin Linschoten, Jeroen Nijland, Jaap Sleifer
    Pages 1-12

  17. We Need to Dig a New Suez Canal: How Can ICT Help Changing Compliance Costs in the Next 20 Years?

    • Arre Zuurmond, Frank Robben
    Pages 1-19

  18. Macroeconomic Policies, Bureaucracy and Deregulation: The Choice of the Exchange Rate Regime

    • Ansgar Belke
    Pages 1-19

  19. Development of an RIA Coordination System with a Focus on SME and Start-Ups

    • Christoph Müller, André Nijsen
    Pages 1-32

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 1-36
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About this book

For years, businesses have complained about the costs of regulatory compliance. On the other hand, society is becoming increasingly aware of the environmental, safety, health, financial, and other risks of business activity. Government oversight seems to be one of the answers to safeguard against these risks. But how can we deregulate and regulate without jeopardizing our public goals or acting as a brake on economic growth? Many instruments are available to assess the effects of laws regulating business, including the regulatory impact assessment (RIA), which contains cost/benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, risk analysis, and cost assessments. This book argues that public goals will be achieved more effectively if compliance costs of the enterprises are as low as possible. Highlighting examples from a wide spectrum of industries and countries, the authors propose a new kind of RIA, the business impact assessment (BIA), designed to improve both business and public policydecision making.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Panteia B.V., Zoetermeer, Netherlands

    André Nijsen

  • Dept. of Economics, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

    John Hudson

  • Inst. Betriebswirtschaftslehre, LS Entrepreneurship, Univ. Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

    Christoph Müller

  • Fac. Social Sciences, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    Kees Paridon

  • CASBEC Room H8-24, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

    R. Thurik

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Business Regulation and Public Policy

  • Book Subtitle: The Costs and Benefits of Compliance

  • Editors: André Nijsen, John Hudson, Christoph Müller, Kees Paridon, R. Thurik

  • Series Title: International Studies in Entrepreneurship

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77678-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-77677-4Published: 18 December 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2664-7Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-77678-1Published: 03 December 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1572-1922

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-5884

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 360

  • Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Law and Economics, Economic Policy, International Economics, Economics, general

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