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.

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What We Publish

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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.

 

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Commentaries & Insights

Short-form publications intended for all audiences which provide easy to access analysis of regulatory policy.

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Books & Reports

Formal publications, often completed with other leading organizations and individuals, providing a thorough understanding of regulations and the rulemaking process.

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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 

Revising WOTUS

In this rulemaking, the EPA and Army Corps are attempting to bring clarity to the muddy debate over the scope of federal regulatory jurisdiction under the CWA.

IRS's Qualified Business Income Deduction

Section 199A of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 reduced the maximum corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent.

Wasted Energy: DOE’s Inaction on Efficiency Standards and Its Impact on Consumers and the Climate

Testimony in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

The Shutdown's Rulemaking Ramifications

The length and partial nature of this shutdown set the stage for novel legal and practical issues for the regulatory process.

Consultation, Participation, and the Institutionalization of Governance Reform in China

This article examines the institutionalization—persistence, substantive development, and standardization of best procedures—of online consultation in China, a prominent instrument of governance reform in which government officials provide interested parties with opportunities to comment on draft laws and regulations over the Internet.