http://bactra.org/notebooks Cosma's Notebooks en http://bactra.org/notebooks/1994/10/03#regulation A particular instance of <a href="institutions.html">social institutions</a>, important for <a href="social-engineering.html">social engineering</a>. <ul>To read: <li>Daniel J. Fiorino, <cite>The New Environmental Regulation</cite> [<a href="http://mitpress.mit.edu/0-262-56218-9">Blurb</a>] <li>Robert M. Hunt, ``The development and regulation of consumer credit reporting in America,'' working paper 02-21, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia [<a href="http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fip:fedpwp:02-21&r=his">PDF</a>] <li>Greg Palast, Jerrold Oppenheim and Theo MacGregor, <cite>Democracy and Regulation: How the Public can Govern Essential Services</cite> <li>J. Gregory Sidak and Daniel F. Spulber, <cite>Deregulatory Takings and the Regulartory Contract: The Competitive Transformation of Network Industries in the United States</cite> <li>Steven K. Vogel, <cite>Freer Markets, More Rules: Regulatory Reform in Advanced Economies</cite> </ul>