BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Deregulation
- the process of removing government regulations from an industry
Wiktionary Definition for: Deregulation
- The process of removing constraints, especially government imposed economic regulation.
- Ex:''The airline industry has not been profitable since Ronald Reagan began '''deregulation'''.''
Additional Resources
- Deregulation and the Default Service Obligation: Putty-Putty, Putty-Clay or Humpty-Dumpty?
- This paper provides a critical examination of the relationship between deregulation and the USO Universal Service Obligation. The paper examines deregulation including the many paradoxes of deregulation as practiced. It argues that the rent seeking and public choice literature offer some insights in explaining the process and understanding the implications...
- White papers 2001-10-22
- Agents to target bank deregulation.
- Agents To Target Bank Deregulation Banking deregulation will occupy the number one spot on the legislative agenda of insurance agents in 1990, according to agent representatives. Insurance agents lost a major battle on banking deregulation recentAgents To Target Bank Deregulation ...
- Research articles 1989-12-25
- What price deregulation? (telecommunications deregulation may result in increased fees)
- The deregulation that broadcasters have won in House legislation may come at a price, says Larry Irving, assistant secretary of Commerce. The broad and rapid deregulation of broadcasting proposed by the House bill could lead to spectrum fees and The deregulation...
- Research articles 1995-05-29
- Deregulation And Merger Enforcement In The Natural Gas Industry
- An effective national energy policy is crucial to the efficient operation of the American economy and the maintenance of a high standard of living. The executive and legislative branches quite rightly set this national policy. Policy makers have clearly chosen the path of deregulation for the energy sector as a...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Real Effects of U.S. Banking Deregulation
- This paper summarizes the effects of deregulation of restrictions on bank entry and expansion on the real economy. The evidence suggests that following state level deregulation of restrictions on branching, state economic growth accelerated. This better growth performance was especially pronounced in the entrepreneurial sector. In addition to faster growth,...
- White papers 2002-09-01
- CALIF. PROVIDES PREVIEW OF DEREGULATION'S EFFECTS: ONE YEAR AFTER START, BENEFITS ARE NOW IN SIGHT.(electric utilities)
- OAKLAND, Calif. -- To see what the landscape of electricity deregulation will look like, Illinois businesses can gaze west. The Golden State paid electricity prices far above the national average, until the approval of deregulation in 1996 ended th OAKLAND, Calif. -- To see...
- Research articles 1999-04-05
- A world of opportunities: the continued high level of foreign direct investment is being driven in large part by a growth in deregulation and privatization, according to an OECD report. (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
- Deregulation and privatization have played key roles in the continuing growth of foreign direct investment FDI. Deregulation has resulted in international mergers of major services, while privatization has allowed foreign investors' control of some firmDeregulation and privatization have played key roles in the continuing growth of foreign direct investment FDI....
- Research articles 1997-08-01
- Oklahoma Legislators Listen to Opponents of Electricity Deregulation.
- The Daily Oklahoman Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 14--National consumer advocates warned state lawmakers Tuesday that electric deregulation won't work in Oklahoma. Tuesday's speakers, all largely opposed to deregulation, appeared during an educational symposium held for the state House of ...
- Research articles 2001-02-14
- Entrepreneurship and the Deregulation of Banking
- This paper presents evidence that banking deregulation led to decreases in entrepreneurship in some U.S. regions, and to increases in others. This is contrary to recent research that found an unambiguous positive relationship. This paper reexamines this finding and uses the Black-Strahan model to demonstrate that when the effects of...
- White papers 2003-08-01
- Deregulation Process, Governance Structures and Efficiency: The U.S. Electric Utility Sector
- This paper is an empirical assessment of the comparative efficiency of governance structures in an environment marked by high uncertainty. This paper analyzes the short-term impact of retail deregulation on the productive efficiency of electric utilities in the United States. It also argues that there are transitory costs linked to...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- Eddie Fritts took the stage at Philadelphia's Temple University last week to explain the National Association of Broadcasters' support for--and opposition to industry deregulation.(People Meeter)(Brief Article)
- EDDIE FRITTS took the stage at Philadelphia's TEMPLE UNIVERSITY last week to explain the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS' support for--and opposition to industry deregulation. The NAB president insisted that "modest" deregulation, li EDDIE FRITTS took the stage at Philadelphia's TEMPLE UNIVERSITY last week...
- Research articles 2003-11-03
- Airline deregulation and labor relations
- Airline deregulation and labor relations Over the past 6 years, the process of deregulation has placed great stress on the system of industrial relations in the airline industry. Numerous commentators have described the scenario by which deregulation has led to an increase in competition in the product market...
- Research articles 1986-06-01
- Deregulation -- does it work?
- It's a crock, at least according to Consumers Union. The government's deregulation of five major industries -- airlines, telecommunications, cable television, banking, and electricity -- has harmed customers far more than helped them, the nonprofit consumer organization said Monday. "The promises of deregulation have not...
- Research articles 2002-06-13
- THE WHITE HOUSE: 2nd joint status report under the US-Japan initiative on deregulation and competition.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 May 1999-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Second joint status report under the US-Japan enhanced initiative on deregulation and competition policy C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:030599 Deregulation of the transportation, telecommunications, energy, financial, aviation and...
- Research articles 1999-05-05
- Oklahoma Legislators Agree to Delay Electricity Deregulation.
- By Paul English, The Daily Oklahoman Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 22--Legislative conferees Friday signed out a bill designed to delay electricity deregulation in Oklahoma until at least 2003 and create a blue ribbon task force to advise the 2003 Legislature on deregulation....
- Research articles 2001-05-22
- Progress and Freedom Foundation Seminar on Deregulation After Enron Feb 6
- To: National and Assignment desks, Energy ReporterEnron presented itself as a poster child for electricity deregulation, so it is not surprising the company's collapse has led some people to conclude deregulation should be discontinued or even reversed. But was Enron really a force for deregulation, or an [...]of electricity policy?...
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- Progress and Freedom Foundation Seminar on Deregulation After Enron Feb 6
- News Advisory: Enron presented itself as a poster child for electricity deregulation, so it is not surprising the company's collapse has led some people to conclude deregulation should be discontinued or even reversed. But was Enron really a force for deregulation, or an advocate of a special brand of...
- Research articles 2002-02-04
- Deregulation Bill Dead In N.Y.(Brief Article)
- Even as insurance groups lamented the death of a commercial lines deregulation measure in New York, they were celebrating the progress of deregulatory legislation in the District of Columbia. In New York, regarded as a key state in insurance trade groups' national deregulation efforts,...
- Research articles 2000-07-03
- Electric utility deregulation issues grow in importance.(includes a chart on the impact of deregulation on city budgets)
- Upcoming electric utility deregulation at the state and federal levels will have numerous economic impacts on municipalities. These are in areas as diverse as land use, municipal jobs, and electrical bills. An analysis of the issues involved and steps that municipalities should take are discussed. The nation's cities are...
- Research articles 1996-12-16
- Information empires. (deregulation of the telecommunications industry)
- Congress is currently deliberating on legislation that would deregulate the telecommunications industry. Regional Bell holding companies, cable television broadcasting firms, long-distance telephone service providers and competitive access providers are all in favor of deregulation, arguing that such a move will benefit consumers. However, critics of deregulation contend that deregulation will...
- Research articles 1995-05-01
