Whenever governments change policies--tax, expenditure, or regulatory policies, among others--there will typically be losers: people or groups who relied upon and invested in physical, financial, or human capital predicated on, or even deliberately induced by the pre-reform set of policies. The issue of whether and when to mitigate the costs associated with policy changes, either through explicit government compensation, grandfathering, phased or postponed implementation, is ubiquitous across the policy landscape. Much of the existing literature covers government takings, yet compensation for…mehr
Whenever governments change policies--tax, expenditure, or regulatory policies, among others--there will typically be losers: people or groups who relied upon and invested in physical, financial, or human capital predicated on, or even deliberately induced by the pre-reform set of policies. The issue of whether and when to mitigate the costs associated with policy changes, either through explicit government compensation, grandfathering, phased or postponed implementation, is ubiquitous across the policy landscape. Much of the existing literature covers government takings, yet compensation for expropriation comprises merely a tiny part of the universe of such strategies.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Michael J. Trebilcock is Professor of Law and Economics at the University of Toronto School of Law. He specializes in law and economics, international trade law, competition law, economic and social regulation, and contract law and theory. He has won awards for his work, including the 1989 Owen Prize by the Foundation for Legal Research for his book, The Common Law of Restraint of Trade, which was chosen as the best law book in English published in Canada in the past two years. He has authored: The Limits of Freedom of Contract and co-authored The Regulation of International Trade; Exploring the Domain of Accident Law: Taking the Facts Seriously; Economic Shocks: Defining a Role for Government; The Law and Economics of Canadian Competition Policy; and Rule of Law Reform and Development: Charting the Fragile Path of Progress (co-authored with Ron Daniels). He was a Fellow in Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School.
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* ACKNOWLEDGMENTS * CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: THE PLACES IN-BETWEEN * CHAPTER 2. FRAMING THE ISSUES: NORMATIVE DISCOURSES; POLITICAL IMPERATIVES * CHAPTER 3. PUBLIC PENSIONS: RECONCILING FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY WITH INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY * CHAPTER 4. REFORMING THE U.S. HOME MORTGAGE INTEREST DEDUCTION * CHAPTER 5. TRADE LIBERALIZATION: GRADUALISM, RECIPROCITY, REVERSIBILITY * CHAPTER 6. AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY MANAGEMENT: UNRAVELLING THE TRANSITIONAL GAINS TRAP * CHAPTER 7. LIBERALIZING IMMIGRATION POLICY: THE GAINS AND STRAINS OF ACCOMMODATING MORE AND DIVERSE NEWCOMERS * CHAPTER 8. CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY: MANAGING MORE HEAT IN THE WORLD'S KITCHENS * CHAPTER 9. INSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND DEVELOPMENTS: THE PERILS OF UTOPIANISM * CHAPTER 10. CONCLUSION: TAKING TRANSITION COSTS SERIOUSLY * NOTES * INDEX