Agências reguladoras multissetoriais como controle das falhas de mercado

Abstract

Given to the changes occurred from a wave of corporate mergers in recent decades, the global process of liberalization and also some technological advances arising from the current phase of globalization, new challenges were brought up to the economic regulation. As a result, it is questioned whether the regulatory model applied is the most suitable for promoting the goals of economic regulation, or if the most appropriate regulatory model would be different, being necessary to reform the regulatory structure. Thus, this work provides a critical view of the existing regulatory models, especially the unissetorial one, and upholds for a multissetorial, conceived as more appropriate to face the new entrepreneurial behaviors, such as horizontal specialization and internationalization, as well as to promote effective information management, preventing the regulator of the consequences stemming from asymmetric information. It is still unpredictable whether a shift of regulatory standards in the major world economies will minimize the effects of market failures. This paper analyzes the main aspects of this problem in order to promote greater discussion of the models and structure of regulatory agencies.