The politics of deregulation /
The standard wisdom among political scientists has been that ""iron triangles"" operated among regulatory agencies, the regulated industries, and members of Congress, all presumably with a stake in preserving regulation that protected the industries from competition. Despite almo...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution
©1985.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7864/jj.11589163 |
| Summary: | The standard wisdom among political scientists has been that ""iron triangles"" operated among regulatory agencies, the regulated industries, and members of Congress, all presumably with a stake in preserving regulation that protected the industries from competition. Despite almost unanimous agreement among economists that such regulation was inefficient, it seemed highly unlikely that deregulation could occur. Yet between 1975 and 1980 major deregulatory changes that strongly favored competition did take place in a wide range of industries. The results are familiar to airline passengers, user. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 265 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585321655 9780585321653 9780815723042 0815723040 0815718187 9780815718185 0815718179 9780815718178 |