Better Business Regulation in a Risk Society

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Alemanno, Alberto (Editor), den Butter, Frank (Editor), Nijsen, André (Editor), Torriti, Jacopo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Public finance.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Economic Policy.; Public Economics.

The premise of this volume is that business regulations are expected to grow in the near future as a consequence of the emergence of a “(world) risk society.” Risks related to terrorism, climate change, and financial crises, for example, will penetrate all conditions of life. Increasingly, the decis...