Building Regulation, Market Alternatives and Allodial Policy - Hardcover

Cobin, John M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1859725872 ISBN 13: 9781859725870

Publisher: Avebury, 1997

Synopsis

Building safety and quality regulation is developing into an important concern of public policy. For over 200 years, government has had a growing role in this process. This text questions whether government is the best or only provider of such grading or certification services. Building on theoretical work in several key areas, it discusses market alternatives, and includes new evidence about building regulation and a revitalization of some presently obscure aspects of legal philosophy. The matter of cost in public decisions is also considered on an abstract level in conjunction with knowledge and public choice problems.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. John Cobin is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Universidad Finis Terrae in Santiago, Chile. He also teaches at Universidad Adolfo Ibañez and Universidad Marítima de Chile, business schools in Viña del Mar, Chile. He is active in public policy research and writing, including working with Centro de Estudios Publicos and Instituto de Libertad y Desarrollo in Santiago, Chile. Dr. Cobin received his ARE from Reformed Bible College, Grand Rapids, Michigan (1984), his BA in Business Economics from University of California, Santa Barbara (1987), his MA in Economics from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (1995), and his PHD in Public Policy also from George Mason University (1996). In addition to his teaching activities, Dr. Cobin has been a successful entrepreneur and consultant, having started and operated three small businesses for several years. He and his wife Joan have been married since 1984 and are home schooling parents of six children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avebury
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1859725872
• ISBN 13: 9781859725870
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248