2018 Year in Review: Top Ten Regulatory Developments
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2017 Regulatory Year in Review
This Regulatory Insight highlights ten important regulatory and deregulatory themes that garnered attention—and changed the regulatory landscape—in 2017. Regulatory policy was a focal point of 2017, and notable executive orders, rulemaking, and legislation all contributed to this theme.
Fall Unified Agenda outlines Progress of "Two-for-One" Reforms
In addition to the Unified Agenda, OIRA released a status report on implementation of President Trump’s two-for-one regulatory requirement.
Leave Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication to Innovators, Not Regulators
Nixing a plan to mandate vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology in new vehicles may be the right call for technological progress and innovation.
President Trump’s Regulatory Budget Evaluated By Brookings
Report shows that regulators are subject to public choice incentives
Policy Shock examines how policy-makers in industrialized democracies respond to major crises. After the immediate challenges of disaster management, crises often reveal new evidence or frame new normative perspectives that drive reforms designed to prevent future events of a similar magnitude.
A Review of "Structured to Fail? Regulatory Performance under Competing Mandates"
In his new book, Structured to Fail? Regulatory Performance under Competing Mandates, Christopher Carrigan tackles a critical question for regulatory scholars and practitioners alike: how does organizational design matter for regulatory agency behavior and performance? To answer it, Carrigan employs a diverse combination of research methods including statistical analysis, case study, and theoretical modeling.