Many bankers grumbled about having to throw good money after bad, but they gave in under the threat of greater regulatory intervention.

Voluntary public disclosure by hedge funds could also prevent a much stronger regulatory intervention that might otherwise cling to the alarming headlines generated by Rajaratnam s trial.

Government intervention in benchmark prices can be justified in the name of macroeconomic management or regulatory action to improve the provision of public goods and services.

Regulatory issues

Regulatory action

partnership regulatory

Other regulatory controls

1. Regulatory framework

regulatory government guidance

regulatory voluntary action

Absent international coordination, the opportunities for destructive regulatory competition will defeat regulatory reform.

Declined intervention

Legislative intervention

No intervention.

Legal and regulatory environment3

Regulatory and control framework

regulatory 0.15MtC (incl. business)

China s Intervention Lessons

The Intervention Dilemma

The Intervention Syndrome

Adult intervention 4 .

Peer intervention 11 .

No intervention 85 .

Type of intervention

Government intervention should be reduced whenever such intervention results in avoidable costs.

The Harm of Regulatory Disharmony

Regulatory philosophies are converging, too.

Franchising poses particular regulatory challenges.

2.1 Legislative and regulatory provisions

H. Deregulation and regulatory reform

2. Environmental policy mechanisms regulatory

(e) Legal and regulatory framework

Regulatory support activities aim at strengthening the capability of national regulatory agencies through training, the development of regulatory guidelines and methodologies, and through informational and material support.

(i) Regulatory framework and incentives structures

The net benefit of intervention A over intervention B is therefore 1.8 1.5 0.3 QALYs.

Other big legal and regulatory costs loom.

Policy, Regulatory Frameworks and Equitable Benefit Sharing

C. Institutional and regulatory reform . 7 4

The Right Intervention in Ukraine

5.2 Diversification of intervention options

Strategic intervention is based on

G. Intervention development and support

But there are indications that the process is being driven by regulatory change, and in some cases by regulatory protectionism.

A Regulatory Impact Analysis or Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) is a document created before a new government regulation is introduced.

Policies and regulatory frameworks, as well as any regulatory reform, would follow different objectives in relation to these two segments.