Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-224) and index.
Contents:
Liberalization and control : instruments and strategies in the regulatory reform of Swedish telecommunications / Thomas Pettersson. Information distortion by politicians and constituent groups in promoting regulatory transfers : the case of ethanol / Ronald N. Johnson and Gary D. Libecap -- Bursting through state limits. Lessons from American railroad history / Colleen A. Dunlavy -- Origins of the myth of neo-liberalism : regulation in the first century of US railroading / Timothy Dowd and Frank Dobbin -- Taxation, redistribution and regulation : fiscal policy in a changing world economy / Sven Steinmo -- The role of path dependence in the history of regulation / Lars Magnusson -- Compensating the periphery. Railway policy and regional interest groups in northern Sweden / Lena Andersson-Skog -- The state and regulatory orders in early European civil aviation / Jan Ottosson -- Liberalization and control : instruments and strategies in the regulatory reform of Swedish telecommunications / Carl Jeding -- From informal practice to formal policy : path dependence and the case of Swedish transport aid / Thomas Pettersson.
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