Regulation in Israel

Eyal Tevet is a researcher in the Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communications at the Open University, Israel. He is also the academic co-director of a study on regulation in Israel, conducted at the Center for Social Justice and Democracy at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. Varda Shiffer is Senior Research Fellow at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel. Her research focuses on privatization and regulation in the Israeli education system and, since 2013, she has been director of the program for developing models of collaborative governance in local authorities. Dr Shiffer was previously President of the Mandel Foundation, Israel, and founded the Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev.     Itzhak Galnoor is Herbert Samuel Professor of Political Science (Emeritus) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and Senior Research Fellow at The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.

• 1. Introduction: Regulation - A Multifaceted Instrument.- 2. Banking Regulation in Israel - Balancing Systemic Stability and Consumer Protection.- 3. The Tricky Nature of State-owned Enterprises: The Impact of Government Ownership.- 4. Regulation of Water and Sewage Corporations: Impact on Prices and Services.- 5. Regulation of Third Sector Organizations in Israel.- 6. Regulation of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection in Israel’s Marine and Coastal Zone.- 7. Caught Between Traditional Inspection and Performance Measurement - The Regulation of the Israeli Education System.- 9. Regulating the Supply of Public Bus Services in Israel.- 10. Israel’s Law and Regulation after the Natural Gas Discoveries.- 11. Conclusions: Over-regulation or Under-regulation?