Regulating Political Risks

Evaluation of Political and Regulatory Risks in the Oil Industry

The objective of this study was to determine the best way to quantify the political and regulatory risks in the oil industry. To analyze if these risks should be included in the cash flow or quantified in the WACC (weighted average cost of capital), we used real case studies of exploration and production (E&P) and refining in Latin America. The oil industry is a good case study for this type of...

Regulating Artificial Intelligence Systems : Risks , Challenges , Competencies , and Strategies

II. THE TROUBLE WITH AI ............................................................... 358 A. What Is AI? ............................................................................... 359 B. The Problematic Characteristics of AI .................................... 362 1. Autonomy, Foreseeability, and Causation ............................ 363 2. Control ........................................

Deregulating the Economy and Regulating Morahty: The Political Economy of Censorship

Comitology between Political Decision-Making and Technocratic Governance: Regulating GMOs in the European Union

Technological advance has led to important changes in many areas, and in the process has created new challenges for the regulatory activity of public bodies. One area that has caused particular controversy has been that of genetic modifications to organisms. Genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) have been introduced in a range of foodstuffs and animal feeds, leading to debates about the balance...

Political Economy of Transboundary Movements of E-Waste: Maximizing Efficiency and Minimizing Risks

E-waste is traded between developed-developing and between technologically advanced developing-developing countries. The push and pull factors are influencing import and export demand of e-waste. The ‘Basel Ban’ signatory both developed and developing countries are lax in ‘Ban’ enforcement as the transboundary movement of ewaste is a complementary need for them. The harmful effects of hazardous...