Controlling the Regulators

'Business has long complained about the economic burden of rules and regulations but how can these costs be effectively recognised at the design stage of the regulatory process? Controlling the Regulators provides an unrivalled contribution to our understanding of attempts to cost and appraise regulatory initiatives. Working at the interface between law, accounting and economics, the authors demonstrate the complex politics of implementing Compliance Cost Assessment and offer some lessons for attempts at economic appraisal of regulatory action. This book is a unique source for academics and practitioners and provides important insights into the problems and paradox of deregulation.' - Michael Power, London School of Economics and Political Science

'Froud et al's research constitutes an important contribution to the legal literature on rule-making and regulation. Generally, this literature has so far devoted little attention to economic appraisal.' - Bettina Lange, Modern Law Review