Promoting competition has been a leading theme of public policy over the past 30 years. In the United States, the movement began in the 1970s with efforts to rewrite the rules for aviation, trucking, and telecommunications. This trend is often described as "deregulation," but "market design" is a better term. In this book leading experts from academia, government, and the private sector evaluate more than a dozen efforts at market design.
Marc K. Landy is professor of political science and faculty chair of the Irish Institute at Boston College. Martin A. Levin is professor of politics at Brandeis University. Martin Shapiro is James W. and Isabel Coffroth Professor of Law at the School of Law-Boalt Hall at the University of California-Berkeley.
"In one illuminating chapter after another, CREATING COMPETITIVE MARKETS reveals the political dynamics that have shaped important market-oriented reforms and their degree of success or failure. A fascinating, accessible book for scholars, students, and policymakers." --Robert A. Kagan, University of California - Berkeley "Wide-ranging and clear-eyed, this book brings together a variety of talents to shed unsparing light on one of the most problematic policy enterprises of our time. It is a rich gift to students of public policy and practitioners of policy analysis." --Martha Derthick, University of Virginia
"Recommended." - CHOICE, 10/1/2007 |"In one illuminating chapter after another, CREATING COMPETITIVE MARKETS reveals the political dynamics that have shaped important market-oriented reforms and their degree of success or failure. A fascinating, accessible book for scholars, students, and policymakers." -Robert A. Kagan, University of California - Berkeley |"Wide-ranging and clear-eyed, this book brings together a variety of talents to shed unsparing light on one of the most problematic policy enterprises of our time. It is a rich gift to students of public policy and practitioners of policy analysis." -Martha Derthick, University of Virginia |"[An] extremely valuable work that will reward careful readers. Communications policymakers should heed [its] lessons." -Russell P. Hanser, Federal Communications Law Journal |" Creating Competitive Markets contains a rich collection of case studies, all of which shed light on the promise and pitfalls of market-oriented reforms. The book is a fascinating collection of narratives that can serve as the foundation for courses on regulation and the politics of institutional design." -David Andrew Singer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Perspectives on Politics
