Market Regulation

Report
Availability of Novel and Niche Tobacco and Nicotine Products Varies Across EU
The evidence on the availability and use in Europe of diverse tobacco and nicotine products such as waterpipes and new products such as electronic cigarettes or dissolvable smokeless tobacco is patchy, with high variability in both the quality of data and the regulatory environment.
Jun 28, 2013
Report
Hedge Funds, Systemic Risk, and Dodd-Frank: The Road Ahead
These proceedings summarize the key themes and issues raised during a September 2012 RAND symposium. Discussion focused on how hedge funds might contribute to systemic risk and the extent to which recent financial reforms address these risks.
Jun 12, 2013
Report
Anti-Corruption Regulations in Emerging and Expeditionary Markets: New Markets, New Challenges
This document synthesizes the discussion from a roundtable symposium RAND convened in January 2012 to explore the practical difficulties facing companies in complying with anti-corruption mandates and the challenges of corruption in foreign markets.
Jun 15, 2012
Journal Article
Sunday Liquor Laws and Crime
This paper analyzes the effects of legalization of Sunday packaged liquor sales on crime, focusing on the phased introduction of such sales in Virginia beginning in 2004.
Feb 1, 2012
Journal Article
Responsiveness and Satisfaction with Providers and Carriers in a Safety Net Insurance Program: Evidence from Georgia's Medical Insurance for the Poor
Relying on private insurance companies to deliver public programs in middle-income settings may impact provider responsiveness and indicate the need for continuous monitoring and regulation.
Oct 1, 2011
Report
Policy Implications of Convergence in the Online Content Market
The independent telecommunication regulator of the Netherlands, OPTA, commissioned RAND Europe to explore convergence in the market for digital information and communication. The research report assesses the consequences for telecommunication regulators and regulation and explores specific issues, such as spectrum policy and net neutrality, with the ultimate goal of drawing useful lessons from approaches applied in United States, United Kingdom and South Korea.
May 23, 2011
Report
Assessing the impacts of Revising the Tobacco Products Directive: Study to support a DG SANCO Impact Assessment
In order to inform the European Commission's formal Impact Assessment for a revision to the Tobacco Products Directive, this study provides an overview of evidence for tobacco product regulation and an analysis of health and economic implications.
Mar 8, 2011
Commentary
The Secret Briefing Obama Needs on Day One
A select few Americans will ever see the president's daily brief — a digest of the intelligence community's most closely guarded secrets. But trust me, Barack Obama is going to need much more useful information than he is getting now, writes Gregory F. Treverton.
Jan 22, 2009
Report
The Effect of Regulation on Pharmaceutical Revenues in Nineteen Countries
As developed countries have trended towards increased regulation of pharmaceuticals, manufacturer revenues have fallen - the size of the impact correlating with the degree of the change in regulation. This could mean a pharmaceutical revenue reduction by as much as 20.3 percent for a largely unregulated market like the U.S.
Jan 9, 2009
News Release
RAND Study Examines the Effect of Policy on Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses
An improved understanding of the effects of regulation on small businesses will help lawmakers develop policy designed to advance entrepreneurship.
Dec 11, 2007
Commentary
Steer a Smarter Course Than Specific Mileage Goals
Published commentary by RAND staff: Steer a Smarter Course Than Specific Mileage Goals, in the Detroit Free Press.
Mar 16, 2007
Commentary
Marketing Is Making Us Fat
Published commentary by RAND staff: Marketing is Making Us Fat, in United Press International.
Mar 7, 2007
Commentary
A Desired Epidemic: Obesity and the Food Industry
Published commentary by RAND staff: A Desired Epidemic: Obesity and the Food Industry, in Washingtonpost.com.
Feb 21, 2007
Commentary
Flooded with Food
Published commentary by RAND staff: Flooded with Food, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Jan 7, 2007
Report
Assessing Indirect Impacts of the EC Proposals for Video Regulation
This study concludes that the EC's proposed Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMS), which extends television broadcast regulation to Internet Protocol delivery, does not offer firms sufficient regulatory certainty.
Sep 12, 2006
Commentary
Regulatory Reform on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Published commentary by RAND staff: Regulatory Reform on Both Sides of the Atlantic, in Washingtonpost.com.
Aug 15, 2006
News Release
RAND Study Shows Sarbanes-Oxley Act Had Short-Lived Effect on Small Businesses
May 8, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Shows Sarbanes-Oxley Act Had Short-Lived Effect on Small Businesses.
May 8, 2006
Commentary
The Buy-Side Revolution
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Sep 27, 2002
Commercial Book
Marketization and Democracy: East Asian Experiences
Using both a quantitative model and qualitative country studies, this work analyzes the experiences of China, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Korea in moving toward both marketization and democracy.
Jan 1, 1999
Report
Toekomstverkenning Sector Marktordening: Naar Een Visie op de Rol van de Sector in 2002. Eindrapport Deel 1: Hoofdrapport [Understanding the Future of the Market Regulation Department (of RVI): Towards a Vision of the Role of the Department in 2002, Final Report Volume 1: Main Report]
RAND Europe was asked to help the Market Organization Sector of the Rijksverkeersinspectie (SMO/RVI) choose an appropriate, flexible, pro-active role for the year 2002 and beyond.
Jan 1, 1998

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Availability of Novel and Niche Tobacco and Nicotine Products Varies Across EU

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Sunday Liquor Laws and Crime

Responsiveness and Satisfaction with Providers and Carriers in a Safety Net Insurance Program: Evidence from Georgia's Medical Insurance for the Poor

Policy Implications of Convergence in the Online Content Market

Assessing the impacts of Revising the Tobacco Products Directive: Study to support a DG SANCO Impact Assessment

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The Effect of Regulation on Pharmaceutical Revenues in Nineteen Countries

RAND Study Examines the Effect of Policy on Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses

Steer a Smarter Course Than Specific Mileage Goals

Marketing Is Making Us Fat

A Desired Epidemic: Obesity and the Food Industry

Flooded with Food

Assessing Indirect Impacts of the EC Proposals for Video Regulation

Regulatory Reform on Both Sides of the Atlantic

RAND Study Shows Sarbanes-Oxley Act Had Short-Lived Effect on Small Businesses

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Marketization and Democracy: East Asian Experiences

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