Regulatory economics

fair access to information and balanced development across regions. Open networks has prompted cultural exchanges though social conflicts exist among people with diverse cultural backgrounds. Equally, there’s a level of confidence that fueling our economic growth through delivery of ideologies, innovation, and cultural values will help capitalize goods and services through trade and investment. The glaring reality is with the growing international market presence, cybersecurity is a growing…

what he believes to be the cause of the financial crisis. From the very beginning of the book, it is clear he has a very strong conservative bias. The majority of the chapters in his book follow the same format: blame some federal regulatory body, show how those regulatory actions pushed the financial industry to make mistakes, then tell about his experience at BB&T and how they avoided the worst of the collapse. Allison holds nothing back taking shots at the Securities and Exchange Commission…

by considering factors which include political, economic, socio-cultural, technological, legal and environmental. 1. Political Factors: A footwear business will not be able to gain success, good reputation and trust if it will not consider legal and political sector…

Of Mainwaring and Scully’s eight lessons, creating an effective state through economic regulations, would be most relevant for Venezuela to combat drug trafficking and crime in the region. “The Venezuelan government can no longer afford to provide even rudimentary law and order, making Caracas one of the most murderous cities in the world. Drug traffickers run large sections of the countryside. Prison gang leaders keep military-style weapons on hand, while grenade attacks still make the news”…

role in economic affairs. Over time, more and more services have come under the influence or direct control of the public sector. A free trade economy requires that all property be owned by private individuals and all goods and services be privately provided. Prices are allowed to fluctuate based on supply and demand, and all transactions are voluntary, not compelled or restricted by the government. Conversely, a mixed economic system has elements of both free trade and planned economic control…

Imprudent business and risk management decisions based on the expectation of continued housing price appreciation Faulty assumptions in the model used by credit rating agencies… Gaps and weaknesses in regulatory oversight… Government policies to increase home ownership … lending to higher-risk borrowers… economic conditions, characterized by accommodative monetary policies, ample liquidity…credit and low interest rates”12). According to Peter J. Wallison the 2008 financial crisis didn’t happen…

regulations on the goods while others may argue it is too early for the FDA to get involved, again. Many articles have been written on the subject but “Smoking Kills, and So Might E-Cigarette Regulation” by Gilbert Ross and “Electronic Cigarettes at a Regulatory Crossroads” by Thomas A. Hemphill are what this paper will be examining. Both Ross and Hemphill examined the topic of FDA regulations on electronic cigarettes thoroughly during 2015…

that leads to overlapping regulatory systems. Federal governmental system involves two or three layers of government, thus, in some fields there is possibility the policies or services are duplicating. For example, the Commonwealth Governments announced that they will establish 24 Australian Technical Colleges that are belong to the States responsibility. Another weakness of federalism is it creates multiple regulatory systems. Each government might have their own regulatory and legal systems in…

Background One of the many enduring puzzles in corporate finance has been the need and outcome of the M&A (merger and acquisition) activities during different times. Generally, history is not discussed in detail for corporate finance owing to the changing market dynamics; however, M&A activities are different in terms of learnings they bring forward. A merger involves a combination of two existing companies into one single entity. Mergers attract consolidation of the industry since it is…

When discussing the influences on modern economics, the concept of “rent seeking” has become a major source of study. The term itself dates back to 1974 in an essay written by Anne Krueger. For economists, rent is a return generated in excess of what would be typical for market competition and above normal profit gains. It follows that, rent seeking is the act of gaining advantage or privileges from entities in power, on trade outside normal competitive market forces, such as through the means…