Is Communications-Company Ownership of Video Content a Threat to Competition?
Evidence from the financial markets that carrier integration into video production has not redounded to the benefit of these companies’ stockholders
Publications
The GW Regulatory Studies Center scholars regularly conduct applied research to understand regulatory policy and practice from a public interest perspective. Our content often takes the form of public interest comments, formal testimony, working papers, policy insights, and short commentaries analyzing the most pressing issues in regulatory policy. View the rest of our material by the different types of publications listed on this page or our research areas.
What We Publish
Journal Articles & Working Papers
Long-form publications intended for academic audiences that take a deep dive into a particular aspect of regulatory policy.
Public Comments & Testimonies
Scholarly analysis of the potential effects of particular rulemakings from federal agencies, and advice to Congress on how to improve the rulemaking process.
Commentaries & Insights
Short-form publications intended for all audiences which provide easy to access analysis of regulatory policy.
Books & Reports
Formal publications, often completed with other leading organizations and individuals, providing a thorough understanding of regulations and the rulemaking process.
Newsletters
The weekly Regulation Digest contains everything you need to know about regulatory policy today, and our monthly Center Update gives you all of the latest from our team.
For accessible charts and supporting data that you can use in your own publications or presentations, visit the Reg Stats page.
Latest Publications
Letter to OIRA Administrator on Circular A4
Former SBCA presidents emphasize the importance of best practices for discounting and distributional impacts for making the new OMB Circular a durable guide
Understanding the Call for an AM Radio Mandate
Would regulatory action to mandate AM radios in electronic vehicles be in the public interest?
Draft Circular A4 Peer Review Comments: Joseph Cordes
As a peer reviewer selected by Office of Management and Budget, Joseph Cordes evaluated Draft Circular A-4: Guidance on regulatory analysis
What’s Your Problem? Building an Evidence-Based System of Regulatory Analysis from the Bottom-Up
If regulatory intervention is truly necessary, must it occur at the federal, as opposed to the state or local, level?
How to Engage the Public: OIRA's New Guidance to Agencies
OIRA published new public participation guidance for federal agencies, offering an important new framework for engaging the public in the regulatory process.
Care to Comment? Topics Discussed in Revised Circular A4 Public Comments
Overview of our analysis of the nearly 4,500 public comments received by OMB on its proposed revisions to Circular A-4 guidance on cost-benefit analysis
Using Distributional Weights in Circular A-4 Would Encourage Wasteful Rent-Seeking
Public interest comment by Visiting Scholar Brian Mannix argues for benefit-cost analysis as a check on administrative discretion
Biden’s Spring 2023 Unified Agenda
The new agenda largely follows the administration's previous iterations, but it does signal the initiation of rulemakings in several new areas
Insight by Brian Mannix submitted as a public interest comment to OMB in response to Draft Circular A-4