Director and Research Professor
Now accepting applications to lead the Regulatory Studies Center in a full-time, non-tenure track, specialized position beginning as soon as Summer 2023.
Improving regulatory policy
through research, education, and outreach.
Promotes best practices for regulatory analysis
Improves regulatory processes and institutions
Serves as a source for objective information
"The GW Regulatory Studies Center has done phenomenal work in cataloguing and analyzing reforms in regulatory policy...[it is] a national treasure."
Cass R. Sunstein
Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard
OIRA Administrator Under President Obama
Director and Research Professor
Now accepting applications to lead the Regulatory Studies Center in a full-time, non-tenure track, specialized position beginning as soon as Summer 2023.
On Draft Circular A4, Behavioral Biases, and Discount Rates
Public Interest Comment on the Office of Management and Budget's Draft Circular A4 concerning benefit-cost analysis
Distributional Weights Should Be Dropped from the Draft Circular A-4
Weighting costs and benefits could result in large losses in efficiency
"Your input and expertise during the drafting of the Early Participation in Regulations Act of 2019 and SMART Act of 2019 was invaluable."
Joint Statement (PDF)
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
Senator James Lankford (R-OK)
"The GW Regulatory Studies Center provided me with the analytical skills I needed, and gave me a sense of community as an international student."
— Ana Maria Zárate Moreno
"It is rare to find a situation where you have a community of scholars who are so accomplished all studying regulation in one place."
— Christopher Carrigan
"To make my stories authoritative I like to talk to analysts who have practical knowledge of regulatory policy, and that's why I keep returning to the GW Regulatory Studies Center."
— Cheryl Bolen