Beyond the Sandbox: Critical Assessment of Regulatory Sandboxes for AI
Considering the conditions under which sandboxes deliver, and when alternative tools achieve comparable outcomes with greater reach and accountability
Publications
The GW Regulatory Studies Center scholars regularly conduct applied research to understand regulatory policy and practice from a public interest perspective. Our content often takes the form of public interest comments, formal testimony, working papers, policy insights, and short commentaries analyzing the most pressing issues in regulatory policy. View the rest of our material by the different types of publications listed on this page or our research areas.
What We Publish
Journal Articles & Working Papers
Long-form publications intended for academic audiences that take a deep dive into a particular aspect of regulatory policy.
Public Comments & Testimonies
Scholarly analysis of the potential effects of particular rulemakings from federal agencies, and advice to Congress on how to improve the rulemaking process.
Commentaries & Insights
Short-form publications intended for all audiences which provide easy to access analysis of regulatory policy.
Books & Reports
Formal publications, often completed with other leading organizations and individuals, providing a thorough understanding of regulations and the rulemaking process.
Newsletters
The weekly Regulation Digest contains everything you need to know about regulatory policy today, and our monthly Center Update gives you all of the latest from our team.
For accessible charts and supporting data that you can use in your own publications or presentations, visit the Reg Stats page.
Latest Publications
Regulatory Capacity: Governing in an Era of Rapid Technological Change
Comparing the regulatory regimes around gene therapies, including CRISPR/Cas-9 gene editing, and autonomous vehicle technology
Evidence-First Regulation: A Procedural Architecture for Governance Under Deep Uncertainty
A framework that integrates that capacity into rule-level analytic design and opens the resulting learning agenda to researchers, industry, and the public
Algorithmic Pricing and Regulation: A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Fairness and Competition Tradeoffs
Use of artificial intelligence in pricing has renewed policy concerns about price discrimination and consumer harm
Enabling Regulation and the Alignment of Regulatory Mechanisms to Accommodate Technological Change
An analysis of test cases shows how reforms to the operational features of a safety regime perform across different technological settings
AI-enabled tools are increasingly applied in precision agriculture, autonomous machinery, climate forecasting, and digital traceability systems
Adaptive Regulation of Emerging Technologies, Risks and Reactions: From Climate to AI
Emerging technologies and risk regulation
Independent Agency Rules Newly Subject to OIRA Review
Executive Order 14215 brings centralized review to agencies traditionally independent of the White House.
Review of DOE’s Analytic Methods for Setting Energy Conservation Standards
The Department of Energy can take steps to ensure that its standards are truly “economically justified” and serve the public interest
Comment on Enhancing Flexibility of Air Fare Price Advertising
DOT's proposed changes would make it more difficult for consumers to identify the total price of an airline ticket, resulting in higher search costs.