A Vast and Discretionary Regime
Federal agencies have significant discretion to remove or alter regulatory barriers to methadone treatment.
Books & Reports
Academic books and long-term research projects published by Center scholars that advance the overall knowledge of various aspects of regulatory processes and policies.
Books & Reports Spotlight
Extending Pandemic Flexibilities for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
By: Bridget C.E. Dooling and Laura Stanley
Where are the Congressional Review Act Disapprovals?
By: Bridget C.E. Dooling, Daniel R. Pérez and Steven J. Balla
Advising ACUS
Scholars at the GW Regulatory Studies Center have frequently served as consultants to ACUS, producing the following reports.
Agriculture and Regulation
The GW Regulatory Studies Center's cooperative agreement with the US Department of Agriculture to analyze agricultural regulations.
Regulators' Budget Reports
By: the GW Regulatory Studies Center and the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis.
Policy Shock: Recalibrating Risk and Regulation after Oil Spills, Nuclear Accidents and Financial Crises
Essay by: Christopher Carrigan
Regulation: A Primer
By: Susan E. Dudley and Jerry Brito
Does Regulation Kill Jobs?
Edited by: Cary Coglianese, Adam M. Finkel, and Christopher Carrigan
Bureaucracy & Democracy: Accountability & Performance
By: Steven J. Balla & William T. Gormley, Jr.
ABA AdLaw Section Book
Since 2018, Regulatory Studies Center scholars have co-authored the Rulemaking chapter of "Developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice," an annual publication of the American Bar Association.
Reports on US-EU Regulatory Cooperation
By D. Pérez, S. Dudley, N. Eisner, R. Lutter, D. Zorn, N. Nord, and K. Wegrich
One Standard to Rule Them All: The Disparate Impact of Energy Efficiency Regulations
Chapter by Sofie E. Miller and Brian Mannix
All Books & Reports
Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
This report on the proceedings of a National Academies of Sciences workshop features research and commentary from Bridget Dooling and Laura Stanley.
Back to the Future: How Not to Write a Regulation
The new activists at the FTC are again seeking radical transformation of long-standing legal foundations of antitrust and consumer protection, to be implemented through a new wave of rulemaking.