Download or read book Regulatory Reform and Competitiveness in Europe: Vertical issues written by Giampaolo Galli and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second of two volumes, this text discusses the vertical issues involved in regulatory reform. The contributors describe in detail the regulatory reforms which are needed or have been initiated in nine major industrial sectors, including automobiles, textiles and clothing, retail trade, chemicals, banking, road transport, telecoms, electricity and (scheduled) air transport. They argue that regulatory reform can, more often than not, help improve the competitiveness of companies while generating net growth effects for the European Union as a whole.