All Publications
Telemedicine & Initiating Buprenorphine Treatment
February 23, 2021
Regulatory Sentiment and Uncertainty under the Trump Administration
February 10, 2021
A Last-Minute Attempt to Partially X the X Waiver
February 03, 2021
The Regulators' New Marching Orders
January 27, 2021
The Regulatory Savvy of Biden’s Early Executive Actions
January 26, 2021
Into the Void
January 21, 2021
Bespoke Regulatory Review
January 13, 2021
2020 Regulatory Year in Review:
January 13, 2021
Advice for the Biden-Harris Administration
January 06, 2021
One Trump-Era Notion Biden May Want to Embrace
January 04, 2021
Improved Economic Analysis Should Be Lasting Part of Pai's FCC Legacy
December 29, 2020
Congressional Review Act Update
December 23, 2020
The Biden-Harris Team Needs Benefit-Cost Analysis
December 21, 2020
President Trump’s Midnight Regulatory Agenda
December 14, 2020
Trump Takes a Parting Swipe at the Executive Branch
December 10, 2020
The Midnight Regulation Phenomenon
December 02, 2020
Regulation in the Biden Administration
November 18, 2020
Milestones in the Evolution of the Administrative State
November 18, 2020
Motor Carrier Rate Bureaus
November 10, 2020
Craig Keats participated in our Delivering the Goods event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Staggers Rail Act and Motor Carrier Act.
DHS's Affidavit of Support on Behalf of Immigrants
November 04, 2020
Regulatory Impact Analysis in Brazil
November 04, 2020
Sophisticated Economics for Complex Regulatory Reform
October 28, 2020
Effect of Deregulation on Labor Markets
October 27, 2020
Effect of Deregulation on Labor Markets
October 27, 2020
Effect of Deregulation on Labor Markets
October 27, 2020
Biometrics and Immigration
October 14, 2020
The Effects of GDPR on the Digital Economy
October 08, 2020
A Model for Bipartisan Cooperation
October 07, 2020
Reflections on the EPA at 50
October 01, 2020
Regulations Teed Up at the DEA
September 23, 2020
Dems Evaluating Challenge To Payroll Tax Deferral, Wyden Says
September 16, 2020
The Misguided Antitrust Attack on Big Tech
September 15, 2020
Time to Give Bootleggers the Boot!
September 14, 2020
OPM's Paid Parental Leave
September 09, 2020
New Regulations.gov API
September 09, 2020
The NTIA and Section 230
September 02, 2020
Unintended Consequences of GDPR
September 02, 2020
Into the Void
August 25, 2020
Improvements in SEC Economic Analysis
August 19, 2020
Mass, Computer-Generated, and Fraudulent Comments
August 19, 2020
Race and Regulation
August 12, 2020
Analyzing Agency Budgets for Regulatory Spending
August 12, 2020
The Discounting Dilemma
August 06, 2020
EPA's Benefit-Cost Analysis
August 04, 2020
Benefit-Cost Analysis at the EPA
August 04, 2020
Regulators' Budget: Overall Spending and Staffing Remain Stable
July 28, 2020
Regulatory Impact Analysis for Financial Regulations
July 21, 2020
The Durability of Regulatory Oversight
July 20, 2020
Agency Compliance with the “Guidance Executive Order”
July 13, 2020
What are People Saying About COVID-19-Related Regulations?
July 10, 2020
Regulation during COVID-19
July 06, 2020
2020 Spring Agenda
July 01, 2020
Improving Economic Analysis by Reorganizing Agencies’ Economists
June 30, 2020
Parsing a Pair of Two-track Regulatory Actions: Part Two
June 22, 2020
Bespoke Regulatory Review
June 19, 2020
Parsing a Pair of Two-Track Regulatory Actions: Part One
June 17, 2020
Nudging the Nudger: Toward a Choice Architecture for Regulators
June 15, 2020
The Social Media Executive Order and the FCC
June 08, 2020
Consultation as Policymaking Innovation: Comparing Government Transparency and Public Participation in China and the United States
June 03, 2020
Lost in the Flood?
May 26, 2020
Online Consultation and the Institutionalization of Transparency and Participation in Chinese Policymaking
May 26, 2020
Retail Electric Competition and Natural Monopoly: The Shocking Truth
May 20, 2020
COVID-19 & CRA Jeopardy
May 18, 2020
Regulatory Policy Uncertainty under COVID-19
May 13, 2020
Agency Learning Agendas and Regulatory Research
May 12, 2020
Agency Learning Agendas and Regulatory Research
May 12, 2020
DEA Proposes to Lift Ban on Mobile Methadone Vans
April 29, 2020
DEA's Mobile Narcotic Treatment Program
April 28, 2020
4/30: GSA’s Regulatory Data Public Meeting (& job openings)
April 22, 2020
Using Public Comments to Identify Regulations for Retrospective Review
April 22, 2020
EPA Proposes to Accelerate Its Permit Appeal Process
April 14, 2020
Using Comments as Data for Research
April 13, 2020
DOT's Proposed Rule for Air Travel with Service Animals
April 07, 2020
FDA & USDA Food Identity Standards
April 02, 2020
GAO’s Role in the Regulatory State
March 24, 2020
Reply Comment on Benefit-Cost Analysis at the STB
March 18, 2020
Are Future Lives Worth More Than Our Own?
March 14, 2020
When Pigs Fly? DOT Says Not for Free.
March 11, 2020
CEQ's Proposed Update to NEPA
March 11, 2020
Is American Food having an Identity Crisis?
March 09, 2020
Statutory Delegation, Agency Authority, and the Asymmetry of Impact Analysis
February 26, 2020
OMB's Request for Comment on Marginal Excess Tax Burden & EO 13771
February 20, 2020
Regulating Agencies
February 18, 2020
OMB's Request for Comment on Marginal Excess Tax Burden and EO 13771
February 18, 2020
GSA Moving to Deal with Mass and Fake Comments
February 11, 2020
Fake It Till They Make It: How Bad Actors Use Astroturfing to Manipulate Regulators, Disenfranchise Consumers and Subvert the Rulemaking Process
February 06, 2020
Epistemic Lessons from Economic Regulatory Reform
February 05, 2020
STB Petition to Consider Benefit-Cost Analysis
January 31, 2020
GSA's Mass and Fake Comments Meeting
January 30, 2020
FDIC's Framework for Analyzing the Effects of Regulatory Actions
January 29, 2020
Muddling-Through and Deep Learning for Managing Large-Scale Uncertain Risks
January 26, 2020
2019: The Year in Review
January 25, 2020
Regulatory Oversight and Benefit-Cost Analysis: A Historical Perspective
January 24, 2020
Regulatory Impact Analysis and Litigation Risk
January 23, 2020
STB's Railroad Revenue Adequacy
January 23, 2020
Designing a Choice Architecture for Regulators
January 23, 2020
Regulatory Oversight and Benefit-Cost Analysis: A Historical Perspective
January 15, 2020
STB's Rate Review and Market Dominance -- Reply Comment
January 13, 2020
Pursuing Consilience
December 30, 2019
Better Economic Analysis Can Reduce Regulators’ Litigation Risks
December 19, 2019
OIRA’s Regulatory Reform Report for Fiscal Year 2019
December 18, 2019
Coproduction of Regulations Under the Administrative Procedure Act
December 16, 2019
The Gopher Frog and Justice Alito’s Unanswered Question
December 12, 2019
Upcoming CRA Deadline has Implications for Regulatory Oversight by Congress
December 11, 2019
Unified Agenda Released without FY 2019 Regulatory Reform Report
November 20, 2019
Comparing a Rebated Carbon Tax with a Compensated Carbon Tax, And Revisiting the Distinction Between Economic and Social Regulation
November 19, 2019
Rail Regulators Ponder Benefit-Cost Analysis
November 18, 2019
Tracking Regulatory Activity through Trends in Federal Budgets
November 13, 2019
Exhaustion can be Exhausting! EPA Proposes Reforms to Permit Appeals Process
November 06, 2019
STB's Market Dominance and Final Offer Rate Review
November 06, 2019
Consultation as Policymaking Innovation
November 01, 2019
ED Settles on Less Ambitious Overhaul of Borrower Defense
October 16, 2019
Are Agencies Responsive To Mass Comment Campaigns?
October 07, 2019
Bigger Stones for David: Tools to Give OIRA More Leverage in Regulatory Review
October 02, 2019
Lost in the Flood?: The Efficacy of Mass Comment Campaigns in Agency Rulemaking
October 02, 2019
Where's the Spam?
September 27, 2019
Responsible Precautions for Uncertain Environmental Risks
September 17, 2019
Nuclear War as a Global Catastrophic Risk
September 17, 2019
From Football to Oil Rigs: Risk Assessment for Combined Cyber and Physical Attacks
September 17, 2019
Dynamic Benefit-Cost Analysis for Uncertain Futures
September 17, 2019
An OIRA Rule on Rules
September 16, 2019
Codifying the Cost-Benefit State
September 12, 2019
OIRA Past & Future
September 12, 2019
David Versus Godzilla: Bigger Stones
September 12, 2019
The Ambition of the Administrative State
August 30, 2019
10 Years of Going Back to School
August 27, 2019
OIRA Wants You…To Schedule Meetings Online
August 19, 2019
DOE's Energy Conservation Standards for Manufactured Housing
August 16, 2019
Eliminating Barriers to Affordable Housing
August 12, 2019
Paradise by the DASHBOARD Act?
August 05, 2019
Clean Power v. Clean Energy
July 31, 2019
Bounded Rationality in the Rulemaking Process
July 23, 2019
Nudging the Nudger: Toward a Choice Architecture for Regulators
July 16, 2019
A Two-Year Lookback on Trump’s Deregulatory Record
July 15, 2019
IRS's Safe Harbor Notice on State and Local Tax Credits
July 10, 2019
Privacy Research: The Need for Evidence in the Design of U.S. Privacy Policy
July 03, 2019
Francisco Franco Still Dead, Naked Alcohol Protectionism Still Unconstitutional
July 03, 2019
FDA's Proposed Rule on Mammography Standards
June 23, 2019
IRS Rule on Charitable Deductions: A Worthy Goal, a Skillful Fix, but Surprisingly Thin Evidence
June 17, 2019
Research Brief: Why Should We Focus on the Form of Regulation?
June 12, 2019
Restoring Internet Freedom as an example of How to Regulate
June 03, 2019
Expanding OIRA Review to IRS
May 28, 2019
2019 Spring Unified Agenda
May 22, 2019
Proposed Revisions to DOE’s Process Rule Include Beneficial Changes and Areas for Improvement
May 21, 2019
Organizational Process, Rulemaking Pace, and the Shadow of Judicial Review
May 17, 2019
From Beginning to End: An Examination of Agencies' Early Public Engagement and Retrospective Review
May 07, 2019
DOE's Energy Conservation Program for Appliance Standards
May 07, 2019
Early but Not Often: A Look into the Use of ANPRMs in Rulemaking
May 03, 2019
Statutory Clarity and Judicial Review of Regulatory Impact Analysis
April 29, 2019
Review: How Do Cross-Country Regulatory Systems Affect Poverty?
April 17, 2019
Revising Waters of the United States
April 16, 2019
Revising WOTUS
April 15, 2019
IRS's Qualified Business Income Deduction
April 08, 2019
Is GDPR the Right Model for the U.S.?
April 03, 2019
The Eagle and the Dragon: Comparing Government Consultation and Public Participation between the US and China
March 27, 2019
Regulatory Sludge: Reducing Paperwork Burdens to Preserve Our Time
March 20, 2019
Policy Analysis for Uncertain Futures
March 13, 2019
Wasted Energy: DOE’s Inaction on Efficiency Standards and Its Impact on Consumers and the Climate
March 07, 2019
The Shutdown's Rulemaking Ramifications
March 05, 2019
Consultation, Participation, and the Institutionalization of Governance Reform in China
March 04, 2019
The Government Shutdown's Effect on Regulatory Output
February 06, 2019
Measuring Costs and Benefits of Privacy Controls
January 30, 2019
Electric Utility Competition — In South Carolina?
January 28, 2019
Improving Regulatory Benefit-Cost Analysis
January 22, 2019
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on State Alcohol Protectionism This Month
January 09, 2019
Measuring Energy Efficiency: Accounting for the Hidden Costs of Product Failure
January 01, 2019
Fall Unified Agenda outlines Progress of "Two-for-One" Reforms
December 15, 2018
Transparency and Public Commenting Under EO 13771
December 08, 2018
#GivingTuesday: Why You Should Support the GW Regulatory Studies Center
November 27, 2018
Enduring Principles of Sound Regulatory Analysis
November 27, 2018
Bootleggers & Baptists: The Experience of Another Regulatory Economist
November 27, 2018
Spotlight: HHS Entries in OIRA’s Latest Regulatory Reform Report
November 26, 2018
FCC Clears Last Hurdles to Creation of Economics Office
November 19, 2018
Now Available: A Concise Explanation of the FCC’s Economic Analysis on Net Neutrality
November 19, 2018
Proposed SAFE Rule Could Improve Net Benefits of CAFE Standards
November 12, 2018
NTIA's Approach to Consumer Privacy
November 09, 2018
EPA's Proposed “Affordable Clean Energy” (ACE) Rule
October 31, 2018
SAFE Vehicles Rule
October 25, 2018
The Bright Future of Executive Order 12866
October 22, 2018
The Bright Future of Executive Order 12866
October 22, 2018
Fiscal Year 2018 Report on Regulatory Reform under Trump
October 17, 2018
2018 Fall Unified Agenda
October 17, 2018
IRS Tax Credit Regulation: Too Much SALT?
October 15, 2018
E.O. 12866 - A View from the House
October 12, 2018
E.O. 12866 - A View from the House
October 12, 2018
IRS's Proposed Rule on SALT Credits
October 11, 2018
The Life and Times of Executive Order 12866
October 09, 2018
OMB's Reform Plan and the Tradeoffs of Government Reorganization
October 09, 2018
E.O. 12866 - 25th Anniversary Remarks
October 09, 2018
The Future of E.O. 12866: Embracing Regulatory Humility
October 05, 2018
Praising the Principles in Executive Order 12866
October 03, 2018
Congressional Views on the Bipartisan Principles of E.O. 12866
October 02, 2018
Reflections on the E.O. 12866 Anniversary Event from a Bureaucrat Turned Academic
October 02, 2018
Tracing Executive Order 12866’s Longevity to its Roots
October 01, 2018
Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Principles Survive and Thrive for 25 Years
September 26, 2018
Future of Regulation: Challenges and Opportunities from Emerging Technology
September 19, 2018
ED's Student Assistance & Loan Programs
September 07, 2018
“Behavioural Government:” Implications for Regulator Behavior
September 05, 2018
EPA's Repeal of Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units
August 27, 2018
EPA Proposes Replacement for Obama’s Signature Climate Initiative
August 22, 2018
Increasing Transparency in Considering Costs and Benefits in the Rulemaking Process -- Update
August 20, 2018
Council on Environmental Quality - Implementing NEPA
August 20, 2018
EPA's ANPRM on Increasing Transparency in Benefit-Cost Analysis
August 13, 2018
Benefit-Cost Analysis as a Check on Administrative Discretion
August 06, 2018
Improving Regulatory Science: A Case Study of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards
August 02, 2018
Trump Administration Picks up the Regulatory Pace in its Second Year
August 01, 2018
Regulatory Sandboxes: The future of regulation?
August 01, 2018
FCC Process Reform Underscores Need for Economic Review at Independent Regulatory Agencies
July 24, 2018
Agricultural Research and 2018 Farm Bill Implementation
July 18, 2018
Increasing Consistency and Transparency in EPA's Benefit Cost Analysis
July 17, 2018
DHS Proposes Raising Barriers to Foreign Entrepreneurship in the U.S.
July 16, 2018
Regulators’ Budget: OIRA’s Growth and the Future of Regulatory Reform
July 09, 2018
DHS's Proposed Rule: Removal of International Entrepreneur Parole Program
June 29, 2018
FDA's Proposal to Regulate Nicotine Levels
June 25, 2018
FSIS's Egg Products Inspection Regulations
June 12, 2018
FDA’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Level of Combusted Cigarettes
June 12, 2018
U.S. and Canada Sign Agreement on Regulatory Cooperation
June 06, 2018
A Taxonomy of Regulatory Forms
May 30, 2018
EPA’s Proposed Rule Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science
May 18, 2018
Spring Unified Agenda Sustains Deregulatory Focus
May 10, 2018
GDPR: Does it matter on this side of the Atlantic?
May 07, 2018
Better Data Collection Would Improve Analysis of NEPA Regulations
April 29, 2018
Regulating Within a Budget
April 23, 2018
Reviewers and Revenooers Reach Compromise
April 16, 2018
Embracing Ossification: Trump and the Shifting Politics of Procedural Controls
April 10, 2018
OMB's 2017 Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations
April 09, 2018
A Brief History of Regulation and Deregulation
March 12, 2018
Organizing Agencies to Promulgate Rules
March 09, 2018
DOE's "Process Rule" for Energy Efficiency Standards
March 02, 2018
OMB Report on Regulatory Costs & Benefits Leaves Room for Regulatory Reform
February 28, 2018
EPA's State Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Electric Utility Generating Units
February 27, 2018
A Proposed Framework for Evidence-Based Regulation
February 22, 2018
Unpacking the Effects of Competing Mandates on Agency Performance
February 21, 2018
Quality, not Quantity, is Key to Effective Commenting
February 20, 2018
Book Review of Andrew W. Lo's "Review of Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought"
February 08, 2018
President Trump's State of the Union claim on Regulation: The 2017 Data are In
February 01, 2018
International Regulatory Indexes at a Glance
January 29, 2018
2018 Year in Review: Top Ten Regulatory Developments
January 14, 2018
2017 Regulatory Year in Review
December 18, 2017
Clarity or collaboration: Balancing competing aims in bureaucratic design
November 26, 2017
Leave Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication to Innovators, Not Regulators
November 14, 2017
New Implications of the Congressional Review Act
November 08, 2017
President Trump’s Regulatory Budget Evaluated By Brookings
November 01, 2017
Policy Shock: Recalibrating Risk and Regulation after Oil Spills, Nuclear Accidents and Financial Crises
November 01, 2017
A Review of "Structured to Fail? Regulatory Performance under Competing Mandates"
October 10, 2017
The Time is Right for the EPA to Cut Back the Renewable Fuel Mandate
September 07, 2017
Federal Agency Rulemaking across Administrations
August 28, 2017
CPSC Hearing on Safety Standard Addressing Blade-Contact Injuries on Table Saws
August 09, 2017
CPSC’s Proposed Rule: Safety Standard Addressing Blade-Contact Injuries on Table Saws
July 26, 2017
A Glimpse of President Trump’s Deregulatory "Agenda"
July 21, 2017
Increasing Immigration Spending, Decreasing Rates of Return
July 20, 2017
Missing Offsets: EPA and DOE Rules May not Comply with One-in-Two-out Executive Order
July 19, 2017
FCC’s Proposed Rule: Restoring Internet Freedom
July 11, 2017
DOE’s Request for Information on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs
July 07, 2017
U.S. Health Care Reform: Universal Insurance or Affordable Care?
July 03, 2017
Private Sector Solutions for an Outdated Government Website
June 28, 2017
Reforming the Energy Policy and Conservation Act: Learning from Experience on Energy Efficiency
June 27, 2017
How to Regulate Genome-Edited Animals? A Comment on FDA’s Proposed Guidance
June 19, 2017
Putting a Cap on Regulation
June 13, 2017
Trump’s OIRA Nominee Receives Warm Reception from Senate Committee
June 12, 2017
Regulating on the Technological Margin
June 07, 2017
The Window on Low-Hanging Fruit in Regulatory Reform is Closing
May 10, 2017
Structure and Process: Examining the Interaction between Bureaucratic Organization and Analytical Requirements
April 29, 2017
DOE's Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
April 25, 2017
More Historic “Firsts” for Regulatory Disapprovals under the Congressional Review Act
April 04, 2017
Shining a Light on Regulatory Costs
April 04, 2017
Consumer’s Guide to Regulatory Impact Analysis
April 02, 2017
Spinning Out of Control: The Hidden Costs of Appliance Efficiency Standards
March 30, 2017
Examining How Small Businesses Confront and Shape Regulations
March 29, 2017
Is Consultation the New Normal?: Online Policymaking and Governance Reform in China
March 29, 2017
Retrospective Evaluation of Chemical Regulations
March 20, 2017
Agency Use of Science in the Rulemaking Process: Proposals for Improving Transparency and Accountability
March 09, 2017
Latest Trump Executive Order Provides Guidance on “Enforcing the Regulatory Reform Agenda”
February 27, 2017
President Trump Signs First Regulatory Disapproval in 16 Years
February 15, 2017
OMB's Interim Guidance Implementing Section 2 of the Executive Order Titled "Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs"
February 13, 2017
The Devil is in the Details of President Trump’s Regulatory Executive Order
February 01, 2017
The Risks of Regulating in the Dark
January 18, 2017
A Tumultuous Inaugural Week in Washington
January 18, 2017
A Useful Measure of Regulatory Output
January 11, 2017
As a Parting Gift, Obama Administration Releases Final Report on Regulation
January 03, 2017
Implementing a Two-for-One Regulatory Requirement in the U.S.
December 07, 2016
Regulatory Reset: How easy is it to undo regulation?
November 30, 2016
President Obama’s Midnight Regulatory Agenda
November 18, 2016
EPA's Proposed Rule: Federal Plan Requirements for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Electric Utility Generating Units
November 15, 2016
NHTSA’s Federal Automated Vehicles Policy: Accelerating the Next Revolution In Roadway Safety
November 15, 2016
Remembering Charlie Schultze
November 08, 2016
Public Comment to the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
November 08, 2016
The Midnight Uptick: Hasty Turnaround for Costly Student Loan Rule
November 02, 2016
Regulatory Review in the Land of Lincoln
October 25, 2016
Taiwan: Taking Public Participation a Step Further
October 20, 2016
Utilizing Behavioral Insights (without Romance): An Inquiry into the Choice Architecture of Public Decision-Making
October 19, 2016
DHS’s Proposed International Entrepreneur Rule
October 17, 2016
The Renewable Fuel Standard’s Contribution to National Security is Misconstrued by its Advocates
September 29, 2016
Reaching Across Borders: U.S. – EU Regulatory Cooperation in Practice
September 20, 2016
How Declining Budgets at U.S. Regulatory Agencies Could Improve Performance
September 19, 2016
Evaluation at EPA: Determinants of the Environmental Protection Agency's Capacity to Supply Program Evaluation
August 31, 2016
Improving Evaluation of Chemical Regulations
August 31, 2016
How Effective Are Federally Mandated Information Disclosures?
August 30, 2016
Mobile Home Regulations Threaten Access to Affordable Housing
August 22, 2016
The Big Squeeze on Regulatory Agencies
August 09, 2016
Reforms to Student Loans Create More Problems Than They Fix
August 03, 2016
ED’s Proposed Rule on Student Assistance General Provisions, Federal Student Loans Programs and Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant Program
August 02, 2016
Regulators' Budget Report: OIRA Shrinks as Responsibilities Grow
July 19, 2016
DOE’s Regulatory Burden Request for Information "Reducing Regulatory Burden"
July 11, 2016
EPA’s Proposed Renewable Fuel Standards for 2017 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2018
July 11, 2016
An Introduction to a Regulatory Budget
July 07, 2016
Beyond the Speed Bump: The New IEX Stock Exchange, and What Happens Next?
June 22, 2016
The Regulatory Budget Debate
June 20, 2016
Evolution and Innovation
June 14, 2016
Can Fiscal Budget Concepts Improve Regulation?
June 13, 2016
Home Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards under the Department of Energy – Stakeholder Perspectives
June 10, 2016
BIAS at the FCC
June 06, 2016
FCC's Protecting the Privacy of Customers of Broadband and Other Telecommunications Services
May 27, 2016
The Federal Government on Autopilot: Delegation of Regulatory Authority to an Unaccountable Bureaucracy
May 24, 2016
FDA’s Public Availability of: Draft Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Finding of No Significant Impact Concerning Investigational Use of Oxitec OX513A Mosquitoes
May 13, 2016
Public Interest Comment to the National Economic Council on The President's Executive Order 13725: Steps to Increase Competition and Better Inform Consumers and Workers to Support Continued Growth of the American Economy
May 12, 2016
A Causal Analytics Toolkit (CAT) for Assessing Potential Causal Relations in Data
May 10, 2016
Protectionist Rhetoric Continues as U.S. and EU Wrap-Up 13th Round of Trade Talks
May 04, 2016
Identifying Regulations Affecting International Trade and Investment
April 26, 2016
What’s wrong with the back of the envelope? A call for simple (and timely) benefit–cost analysis
April 26, 2016
President Obama’s Competition Executive Order Could Benefit from a History Lesson
April 19, 2016
The Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Act: An Opportunity for Improved Regulatory Assessment?
April 06, 2016
OSHA's Shortsighted Solution to Crystalline Silica Exposure
March 30, 2016
The Intersection of Politics and Analysis
March 29, 2016
Senators: Put Politics Aside in Reforming America’s Regulatory System
March 22, 2016
Pitching Retrospective Review as a Cure for Regulatory Accumulation
March 08, 2016
Are Future Lives Worth More, Today, Than Our Own – Simply Because of Income Growth?
March 07, 2016
Regulatory Accretion: Causes and Possible Remedies
March 04, 2016
Regulator-to-Regulator Communication and Collaboration at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
February 26, 2016
Improving Regulatory Cooperation Between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the EU
February 26, 2016
Facilitating Earlier Information Sharing and Cooperation Between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the EU
February 26, 2016
Experiences in International Regulatory Cooperation: Benefits, Limitations, and Best Practices
February 26, 2016
Oversight of the Renewable Fuel Standard
February 24, 2016
Regulatory Reboot: Options for Revisiting Midnight Regulations
February 23, 2016
The Role of FDA Regulation in the Fight Against the Zika Virus
February 17, 2016
Space-Time Trading: Special Relativity and Financial Market Microstructure
February 10, 2016
Should Federal Regulatory Agencies Report Benefits to Americans from Mandated Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
February 08, 2016
Senate Shows Continuing Interest in Regulatory Reform
February 03, 2016
Looking Ahead to Regulation in 2016
January 20, 2016
President Obama’s Regulatory Output: Looking Back at 2015 and Ahead to 2016
January 12, 2016
EPA's Proposed Supplemental Finding that it is Appropriate and Necessary to Regulate Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal- and Oil-Fired EGUs
January 11, 2016
Are Chemical Risk Assessment and Benefit-Cost Analysis Compatible?
January 06, 2016
Insights on South Korea’s Public-Private Partnership for Regulatory Reform
December 21, 2015
Herding Genetically Engineered Animals to Market
December 17, 2015
Missed Opportunity for EPA to Cut Back Renewable Fuel Standard
December 16, 2015
OMB's 2015 Draft Report to Congress on the Benefits and Costs of Federal Regulations
December 15, 2015
Midnight Rules: A Comparison of Regulatory Output Across Administrations
December 01, 2015
One (un)remarkable problem?
November 23, 2015
Political Discourse Includes Regulatory Reform
November 18, 2015
Early Notice from U.S. Agencies Could Help Avoid Creating Barriers to Trade
November 11, 2015
Identifying Regulations Affecting International Trade and Investment
November 10, 2015
Evaluating Retrospective Review of Regulations in 2014
November 04, 2015
Learning from Experience: Retrospective Review of Regulations in 2014
November 03, 2015
Personal reflections on a consummate professor: Wallace Oates, 1937 - 2015
November 03, 2015
Salience, Complexity, and State Resistance to Federal Mandates
October 28, 2015
The Ozone Charade
October 28, 2015
OMB Reports Higher Costs and Lower Benefits in 2015 Draft Report
October 21, 2015
The Tension between Optimization and Competition in Rulemaking: The Case of Proposed Fuel-Efficiency Standards for Trucks
October 08, 2015
EPA’s Ozone Rule and the Scientization of Policy
October 07, 2015
EPA and NHTSA's Proposed Rule: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles – Phase 2
October 01, 2015
With Data, Will Regulators Show Humility or Hubris?
September 23, 2015
A Review of Regulatory Reform Proposals
September 16, 2015
The Questionable Benefits of Energy Efficiency Standards
September 15, 2015
Whose Benefits Are They, Anyway? Examining the Benefits of Energy Efficiency Rules 2007 - 2014
September 02, 2015
Consistent Inconsistencies: Misclassification of Rules Could Hamper International Regulatory Cooperation
August 26, 2015
The Role of Transparency in Regulatory Governance
August 11, 2015
Considering the Cumulative Effects of Regulation
August 10, 2015
NRC's Financial Qualifications for Reactor Licensing
July 30, 2015
Learning from the Past: It's Time to Reevaluate the Renewable Fuel Standards
July 28, 2015
EPA's Proposed Renewable Fuel Standards for 2014, 2015, and 2016
July 24, 2015
Improving Regulatory Accountability: Lessons from the Past and Prospects for the Future
July 15, 2015
Regulatory Pay as you Go: Lessons from Other Countries
July 15, 2015
Hogan’s Had It with Burdensome Regulations
July 13, 2015
Senate Explores a Regulatory Budget to Increase Transparency, Oversight
July 07, 2015
Escaping the "Smoke and Mirrors" in Benefit Cost Analysis
July 01, 2015
Supreme Court's EPA Mercury Ruling is a Victory for Common Sense Regulation
June 30, 2015
Accounting for the True Cost of Regulation
June 23, 2015
Accounting for the True Cost of Regulation: Exploring the Possibility of a Regulatory Budget
June 23, 2015
Making Regulation More Accountable
June 19, 2015
Misbehavioral Economics?
June 17, 2015
Examining Practical Solutions to Improve the Federal Regulatory Process
June 04, 2015
Structuring Regulators
June 01, 2015
Choices in Regulatory Program Design and Enforcement
June 01, 2015
Will the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Proposed Standards for Occupational Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica Reduce Workplace Risk?
May 26, 2015
Regulatory Action Holding Steady in Spring 2015 Unified Agenda
May 22, 2015
One Discount Rate Fits All? The Regressive Effects of DOE's Energy Efficiency Rule
May 20, 2015
Regulators' Budget Increases Consistent with Growth in Fiscal Budget
May 19, 2015
Point/Counterpoint: Valuing Internalities in Regulatory Impact Analysis
May 13, 2015
Recommendations for Improving the Regulatory Process
May 01, 2015
Why the Federal Government Struggles to Hire and Fire
April 29, 2015
FAA's Proposed Rule: Operation and Certification of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
April 24, 2015
Vague Net Neutrality Rule Impedes Innovation
April 21, 2015
DOL's Proposed Rule: Discrimination on the Basis of Sex
April 14, 2015
Does Reducing Ozone Really Improve Human Health?
April 08, 2015
CFPB Should Consider a More Dynamic Approach to Prepaid Debit Card Regulation
April 01, 2015
Justices debate benefits and costs of EPA mercury power plant rule
March 31, 2015
The Oxford Handbook of Classics in Public Policy and Administration
March 26, 2015
Edited by Steven J. Balla, Martin Lodge, and Edward C. Page
CFPB's Prepaid Accounts Under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (Regulation E) and the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation Z)
March 23, 2015
EPA's National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone
March 17, 2015
Achieving Regulatory Policy Objectives: An Overview and Comparison of U.S. and EU Procedures
March 10, 2015
Improving Regulatory Accountability: Lessons from the Past, Prospects for the Future
February 17, 2015
One-Size-Fits-All Regulations are a Bad Deal for Low-Income Americans
February 03, 2015
2014: The Regulatory Year in Review
December 30, 2014
Improving Weight of Evidence Approaches to Chemical Evaluations
December 16, 2014
The Utility of Humility
December 09, 2014
Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Transatlantic Trade
December 01, 2014
DOE's Proposed Efficiency Standards for Commercial Heating and Cooling Equipment
December 01, 2014
EPA's CO2 Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources – Electric Utility Generating Units
December 01, 2014
What's New in the Fall 2014 Regulatory Agenda?
November 24, 2014
Are Internships the New 'Pathway' Into the Federal Government?
November 24, 2014
Stakeholder Participation and Regulatory Policymaking in the United States
November 07, 2014
NHTSA’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communications
October 21, 2014
Interim Final Rules Over Time: A Brief Empirical Analysis
September 25, 2014
The Political Transaction Costs and Uncertainties of Establishing Environmental Rights
September 24, 2014
New study finds federal regulation costs over $2 trillion per year and disproportionately affects small businesses
September 10, 2014
A Retrospective Review of Regulatory Review Itself
August 26, 2014
Disclosure as a Form of Market-based Regulation
August 18, 2014
Bank Disclosure and Incentives
August 15, 2014
How to Improve Retrospective Review and Reduce Regulatory Burdens
July 18, 2014
Tight Budgets Constrain Some Regulatory Agencies, but Not All
July 15, 2014
Thank You for Not Smoking (e-Cigarettes)
July 08, 2014
Review Necessary to Ensure FDA’s Food Transport Rule Actually Drives Results
June 18, 2014
FDA's Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food
June 16, 2014
Going Global- Should benefits assessments include effects on other nations?
June 11, 2014
Determining the Proper Scope of Climate Change Benefits
June 03, 2014
OMB: Both Costs and Benefits of New Regulations Down in FY 2013
June 03, 2014
Spring 2014 Unified Agenda
May 29, 2014
Revisions to Rule could Earn the Department of Education a Passing Grade on Retrospective Review
May 28, 2014
DOT Should Incorporate Lookback Plans into Proposed Hours of Service Rule
May 21, 2014
FMCSA Hours of Service for Trucking Industry
May 15, 2014
EPA’s Unmeasurable Rule: Inadequate Analysis Obstructs Public Accountability
May 12, 2014
EPA's GHG Emissions from Electric Utility Generating Units
May 09, 2014
EPA's Standards of Performance for Heaters
May 05, 2014
EPA’s Wood Stove Analysis is Smoke & Mirrors
May 05, 2014
NHTSA's Safety Standards for Child Restraint Systems-Side Impact Protection
April 23, 2014
Retrospective Review: Do Agencies’ Proposals Measure Up?
April 21, 2014
A Flash Judgment
April 14, 2014
Measuring the Impact of Public Comments
April 07, 2014
NLRB's Representation Case Procedures
April 07, 2014
Timeliness of OIRA Reviews: A Snapshot in Time
April 01, 2014
Australia's Regulatory "Bonfire"
March 24, 2014
Rulemaking Ossification Is Real: A Response to Testing the Ossification Thesis
March 19, 2014
Informing the Debate over Regulation’s Impact on Jobs
March 10, 2014
New Fuel Economy Standards Leave Poor Americans in the Dust
March 04, 2014
Public Interest Comment on The Interagency Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive Order No. 12866
February 26, 2014
Why do politicians pursue regulatory reforms?
February 24, 2014
IRS and SBA Office of Advocacy Spar over Affordable Care Act Implementation
February 18, 2014
Regulatory Reform: What’s New in 2014?
February 11, 2014
Comment on Löfstedt’s ‘The substitution principle in chemical regulation: a constructive critique’
January 02, 2014
Advances in eRulemaking Open Avenues for Public Participation
August 13, 2013
FDA’s Proposed Rule: Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption
August 12, 2013
EPA’s Retrospective Review of Regulations: Will it Reduce Manufacturing Burdens?
May 17, 2013
Races, Rushes, and Runs: Taming the Turbulence in Financial Trading
January 03, 2013
Uncertain Benefits Estimates for Reductions in Fine Particle Concentrations
August 29, 2012
Improving Causal Inferences in Risk Analysis
August 24, 2012
Perpetuating Puffery: An Analysis of the Composition of OMB's Reported Benefits of Regulation
August 14, 2012
Regulatory Subsidies: A Primer
March 12, 2012
Regulation, Jobs, and Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis
March 12, 2012
(Mis)Applications of Behavioral Economics to Regulation
August 01, 2011
Public Commenting on Federal Agency Regulations
March 15, 2011
Regulatory Consultation in the United States
November 01, 2010
eRulemaking Challenges in the United States
November 01, 2010
Regulators and Redskins
November 01, 2010