Academic books and long-term research projects published by Center scholars that advance the overall knowledge of various aspects of regulatory processes and policies.
A compilation of the works of the late Jerry Ellig, highlighting a legacy rooted in rational regulation driven by benefit-cost analysis societal benefit.
This comprehensive and interdisciplinary international Handbook examines the fundamental concepts, theories, practices, and empirical achievements and challenges in the contemporary study of regulatory authorities.
A review of available literature on potential economic impacts of reducing regulatory compliance burdens on business.
By: Bridget C.E. Dooling and Laura Stanley
By: Bridget C.E. Dooling, Daniel R. Pérez and Steven J. Balla
Scholars at the GW Regulatory Studies Center have frequently served as consultants to ACUS, producing the following reports.
The GW Regulatory Studies Center's cooperative agreement with the US Department of Agriculture to analyze agricultural regulations.
By: the GW Regulatory Studies Center and the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University in St. Louis.
Essay by: Christopher Carrigan
By: Susan E. Dudley and Jerry Brito
Edited by: Cary Coglianese, Adam M. Finkel, and Christopher Carrigan
By: Steven J. Balla & William T. Gormley, Jr.
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.
By D. Pérez, S. Dudley, N. Eisner, R. Lutter, D. Zorn, N. Nord, and K. Wegrich
Chapter by Sofie E. Miller and Brian Mannix
Bureaucracy & Democracy: Accountability & Performance
In this book, we focus on bureaucratic accountability and performance. We aim to lay out just how bureaucracy is accountable, as well as to whom, under what circumstances, and with what results. In presenting these issues, we draw on insights from four prominent social scientific theories—bounded rationality, principal-agent theory, interest group mobilization, and network theory.
Structured to Fail? Regulatory Performance under Competing Mandates
Carrigan's analysis demonstrates for policymakers and scholars why assigning competing non-regulatory missions to regulatory agencies can still be better than separating them in some cases.
One Standard to Rule Them All: The Disparate Impact of Energy Efficiency Regulations
This chapter explores the reasoning behind energy efficiency regulations and why these reasons are insufficient to support the large costs they impose on consumers, especially low-income consumers.
