Business Regulation and Public Policy

InhaltsangabePhases of awareness from 1750 on-wards.- Best practice referring compliance costs reductions policies in EU and elsewhere from a historical perspec-tive.- Theory and measurement of compli-ance costs.- How to measure compliance costs of information obligations?- How to measure compliance costs of substantive obligations.- Best practice referring compliance costs reduction policies: the case of American Regulatory Flexibility Act.- The Case of Management and Budget Office USA.- Tailoring regulation: Dutch experi-ences with reducing compliance costs.- The Case of New Zealand.- What is the role of benefits of regula-tions from the perspective of Dubai?- Standardization and compliance costs, relevant development at EU-level.- The Case of developing countries.- RIA as a discovery in developing countries.- Why a focus on enterprises?- Compliance costs and the policy proc-ess.- How to build regulatory reforms and regulatory systems?- Do we need new institutions to im-prove regulatory quality?- How can ICT help changing compli-ance costs in the next twenty years?- Macro-economic politics and deregu-lation.- Development of a RIA coordination system.

InhaltsangabeHistorical Review: 1750–2000.- Reduction of Compliance Costs: An International Perspective.- Origin and Functionalities of Regulation.- Techniques Available for Estimating the Impact of Regulations.- SCM to Measure Compliance Costs.- Tailoring Regulation to the Regulated: The U.S. Regulatory Flexibility Act.- Tanzania and the Problem of the Missing Middle: A Regulatory Reform Case of the United Republic of Tanzania.- Customized Regulations: How the Dutch Experienced the Reduction of the Burdens Imposed by Regulations.- The New Rulemaking.- Standardization and Compliance Costs: Relevant Developments at EU Level.- Regulatory Impact Analysis: Integrating Pro-growth Decisions into Public Policy in Developing Countries.- Why Focus on Enterprises?.- Compliance Costs and the Policy Process.- How to Build Regulatory Reform and Regulatory Systems.- Institutions for Better Regulation: The Example of the Netherlands, 2002–2007.- We Need to Dig a New Suez Canal: How Can ICT Help Changing Compliance Costs in the Next 20 Years?.- Macroeconomic Policies, Bureaucracy and Deregulation: The Choice of the Exchange Rate Regime.- Development of an RIA Coordination System with a Focus on SME and Start-Ups.