Regulation of functinal foods and nutraceuticals

a global perspective

Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: A Global Perspective offers a comprehensive resource for information on regulatory aspects of the growing and economically important functional food industry. Regulatory systems and definitions of key terms-food, supplement, drug, etc-vary from country to country. A thorough understanding of ...

Regulation and development

In Regulation and Development Jean-Jacques Laffont provides the first theoretical analysis of regulation of public services for developing countries. He shows how the debate between price-cap regulation and cost of service regulation is affected by the characteristics of less developed countries (LDCs) and offers a ...

The economics of tourism destinations

The measurement of tourism is not an easy task. The Economics of Tourism Destinations provides a succinct guide to the economic aspects of tourism for students and practitioners alike to decipher the methods of measurement of supply, demand, trends and impacts. In nine chapters, The ...

Industrial organization

contemporary theory and practice

PART 1. FOUNDATIONS. 1. Industrial Organization: What, How, and Why. 2. Some Basic Microeconomics. 3. Market Structure and Market Power. 4. Technology and Cost. PART 2. MONOPOLY POWER AND PRACTICE. 5. Price Discrimination and Monopoly: Linear Pricing. 6. Price Discrimination and Monopoly: Non-Linear Pricing. 7 ...

The European Union and the regulation of media market

National broadcasting and press regulation is undergoing a process of convergence in Europe. This book explains how this process has been shaped by the actions of the European Union (EU) institutions. Alison Harcourt observes that whilst communications is one of the EU?s most successful ...

Competencia desleal y antitrust

Sistemas ilícitos

La presente monografía aspira a encontrar las reglas y principios que, por encima de la complejidad de normas existentes, permitan reconstruir el sistema del Derecho de la competencia, esto es, descubrir tanto su unidad y coherencia interna como el encuadre sistemático que dentro de él ...

The financial economics of privatization

Central to the book's content is its focus on where privatization stands today and what are the next frontiers, the why and how behind countries who privatize certain industries, whether privatization works as an economic tool and important insights relevant to financial institutions such ...

La modernización del Derecho de la competencia en España y en la Unión Europea

The mechanics and regulation of market abuse

a legal and econimic analysis

Economic theory indicates that financial markets play a prominent role to the efficient allocation of resources in the modern world. Financial markets can fulfil this role if they enjoy the confidence of investors and are free of abuse. The financial frauds associated with the collapse ...

Building the next american century

the past and future of american economic competitiveness

Collaboration between the public and private sectors helped the U.S. economy recover from its last period of economic malaise, and similar collaboration is needed today, according to a key participant in the 1980s#1990s competitiveness movement. In Building the Next American Century, Kent H ...

Making european merger policy more predictable

Making European Merger Policy More Predictable analyses European Merger Control with regard to its capacity to generate predictability among the concerned parties. Starting from the premise that predictability is of overwhelming importance for the functioning of market economies, Voigt and Schmidt ask to what degree ...

The public financing of pharmaceuticals

an economic approach

This book provides a complete approach to the economics of financing medicines and policy implications for the efficiency and equity of health systems. In all health systems with majority public financing, pharmaceutical reimbursement is one of the key factors in policies of change and transformation ...

Time strategies, innovation and environmental policy

This book is the first attempt to systematically introduce the aspect of time into economic and environmental innovation policy. The authors demonstrate how #windows of opportunity# for technological innovations emerge and also explain how they can be identified and effectively exploited. Contents: 1. Introduction 2 ...

CE marking, product standards and World Trade

CE Marking, the European system of mandatory product safety standards, has created major obstacles for US exporters to the European Union (EU). CE Marking, Product Standards and World Trade is one of the first books to analyze the nature and dynamics of this major non-tariff ...

Antitrust

economia e politica della concorrenza

Le politiche antitrust hanno assunto un rilievo assai importante nell#ambito dell#economia e della politica economica. Il volume si propone di fornire le conoscenze economiche necessarie per comprendere le politiche della concorrenza muovendosi su tre piani complementari: la moderna teoria dell#oligopolio, che offre ...

La liberalización del ferrocarril en España

una aproximación de la Ley 39/2003 del Sector Ferroviario

Este libro versa sobre varios de los objetivos centrales de la estrategia de movilidad sostenible como es la revitalización del sector ferroviario, para lo que se propone mejorar el atractivo y la competitividad de los modos de transporte más favorables al medio ambiente. La creación ...

Broadband in Europe

how Brussels can wire the information society

These articles, which were commissioned by the Brussels Round Table a forum for leading EU communications operators and equipment manufacturers, comprise the first book to focus specifically on broadband in Europe.They examine the deployment of broadband and then use the analysis to make policy ...

Manual de Derecho de las telecomunicaciones

Con la entrada en vigor de la Ley 32/2003, de 3 de noviembre, General de Telecomunicaciones y de sus dos Reglamentos principales de desarrollo (RD 2296/2004, de 10 de diciembre, por el que se aprobó el Reglamento sobre mercados de comunicaciones electrónicas, acceso ...

Institutional reform, regulation and privatization

process and outcomes in infrastructure industries

Table of Contents: 1 Process and outcomes of the infrastructure reform : an evolutionary perspective by John P. M. Groenewegen and Rolf W. Kunneke 2 Deregulation : design, learning and legitimacy by Atle Midttun 3 Competition policy, networks, and the 'new economy' by Erik J. Kloosterhuis and ...

El sector de contenidos digitales

INDICE: Introducción. La transformación de la industria de contenidos. Una perspectiva económica. La industria de contenidos en España. Perspectivas desde el lado de la oferta. El desarrollo de los nuevos mercados. Análisis de casos. Escenarios futuros. Consideraciones finales. Referencias bibliográficas. Relación de figuras. Relación de ...