Comment on FTC-DOJ Draft Merger Guidelines
The proper goal of merger enforcement policy is to prevent only those mergers that seem likely to reduce the welfare of consumers
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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
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
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