Alternative Strategies for Fighting Unemployment
Lessons from the European experience
Gilles Saint-Paul
Volume 9, Number 1, 2008, pages 35 - 55
During more than three decades of protracted high unemployment, European countries have developed a variety of approaches in order to tackle the problem. These strategies differ in their philosophy, scopes and successes. A number of them can be understood in terms of shying away from full-fledged li ... Read more
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Does European Union Environmental Policy Pass a Cost–Benefit Test?
David Pearce
Volume 5, Number 3, 2004, pages 115 - 137
Most European Union countries are committed to some form of regulatory
impact assessment, and in some cases these assessments involve the formal use
of cost–benefit analysis. The European Treaty of Union also calls for a
comparison of costs and benefits for all European regulations. Despite this, ... Read more
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A Single European Market in Asset Management
Vision and reality
Friedrich Heinemann
Volume 5, Number 1, 2004, pages 133 - 158
In spite of progress with integration, the European single market is still far from
perfect. In particular, financial services markets are still heavily segmented along
national borders—even in the era of the Internet and the Euro. In order to
understand the reasons for and consequences of incomp ... Read more
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Cartels
Where is the case for criminal sanctions?
Jennifer Skilbeck
Volume 4, Number 2, 2003, pages 1 - 12
Imprisonment of directors and employees for taking part in cartel activity is
becoming an increasingly common penalty in western jurisdictions. Generally it
is the only competition law offence that attracts a criminal sanction either as a
matter of law or practice. This article examines the evide ... Read more
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Regulating Tobacco in the United States
The Government and the Courtroom
Jonathan Gruber
Volume 3, Number 3, 2002, pages 27 - 53
There has been a dramatic turn of events against the tobacco industry in the past
few years, raising the question of the appropriate future path for smoking policy
in the US. This paper discusses the theory and evidence on regulation of
smoking. The author begins by reviewing the background on th ... Read more
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