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The book offers a new explanation for how companies create barriers to domestic competition and international trade. The book should appeal to an academic audience interested in regulation, trade, and government-business relations. This includes those in the political science, public policy, economics, law, and science and technology fields.

When governments impose stringent regulations that impede domestic competition and international trade, should we conclude that this is a deliberate attempt to protect industry or an honest effort to protect the population? Regulating Risk offers a third possibility: that these regulations reflect producers' ability to exploit private information. Combining extensive data and qualitative evidence from the pesticide, pharmaceutical, and chemica...