Regulation is widely considered as the key issue in reforms of public service sectors. But it has been pointed early to the problem that regulatory capture could undermine the stated aims of the reforms. This paper reviews the concept and the literature of regulatory capture under the special focus of public service sectors. Although mentioning corruption as an important mean way of capture, th...

• The financial crisis modified drastically and rapidly the European financial system’s political economy, with the emergence of two competing narratives. First, government agencies are frequently described as being at the mercy of the financial sector, routinely hijacking political, regulatory and supervisory processes, a trend often referred to as “capture”. But alternatively, governments are...

Capture varies in both degree and kind, across regulations and agencies. This simple statement is as important as it is obvious, ultimately setting the stage for a new focus on the prevention of regulatory capture. In tackling this variation head on, the study of capture is turning a corner. An early focus on models of regulatory decision making is increasingly giving way to fine-grained empiri...

Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) has the potential to significantly reduce carbon emissions, however, because CCUS technology almost exclusively aims for mitigation without co-benefits, this expensive not been widely adopted. In order make viable, a robust regulatory legal regime is required both internationally within European Union (EU). A comprehensive insurance system also ensure that...

Direct Air Capture (DAC) is an important solution to curb global warming and enable a circular economy. As fossil fuels dwindle, carbon for commodities such as plastic, cement, steel liquid fuel, will need come from somewhere. With the low cost of industrial CO2 (roughly $80 ton) well value most credits, making DAC-produced competitive at scale almost impossible. But what if we could DAC proces...

Background: During antigen capture and processing, mature dendritic cells (DC) express large amounts of peptide-MHC complexes and accessory molecules on their surface. DC are antigen-presenting cells that have an important role in tolerance and autoimmunity. The transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β1) cytokine has a regulatory role on the immune and non-immune cells. The aim of this study is ...