Reports Summarize Business and Politics Findings from National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) (Delegation, Deregulation, and Business Power: a Comparative Analysis of Health Insurance In Belgium and France): Global Views – Business and Politics

2024 MAY 17 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics, Law & Government Daily -- Researchers detail new data in Global Views - Business and Politics. According to news reporting originating in Paris, France, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Business power is thought to increase over time when private actors are involved in the provision of public goods and services. This paper argues that this is partially true-and that in certain circumstances, state actors can even swiftly regain control of sectors previously ceded to private interests.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), “When the latter fulfill some public functions on behalf or as delegates of the state, policymakers face ever greater pressures to sustain a relationship flawed by principal-agent problems-allowing business actors to derive appreciable political benefits. However, these conditions do not hold true after deregulation-when state actors retreat from a sector and attempt to direct the newly created market through licensing, norms, and standard setting. We demonstrate that deregulation sets the stage for a more competitive environment, making it harder for private interests to cooperate. This, in turn, can allow policymakers to enhance regulatory capacities and seize opportunities to highlight the shortcomings of private provision. After establishing this argument theoretically, we illustrate its implications through the comparative historical analysis of the health insurance sector in two European countries-Belgium and France.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Despite their initial similarities, they experience contrasting developments regarding the welfare state’s dependency on private insurers for the provision of crucial collective goods.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Delegation, Deregulation, and Business Power: a Comparative Analysis of Health Insurance In Belgium and France. Business and Politics, 2024:1-20. Business and Politics can be contacted at: Cambridge Univ Press, Edinburgh Bldg, Shaftesbury Rd, CB2 8RU Cambridge, England.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Cyril Benoit, Sci Po, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Ctr European Studies & Comparat Polit, Paris, France.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1017/bap.2024.14. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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