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

Long-form publications intended for academic audiences that take a deep dive into a particular aspect of regulatory policy.

Scholarly analysis of the potential effects of particular rulemakings from federal agencies, and advice to Congress on how to improve the rulemaking process.

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

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

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

Rulemaking Ossification Is Real: A Response to Testing the Ossification Thesis

March 19, 2014

Jason & Susan Yackee engage in an empirical study and claim to find relatively weak evidence that ossification is neither a serious or widespread problem. After a review of the Yackee’s methodology, dataset, time period, and suggestion of appropriate normative criteria, I conclude that nothing in the Yackee’s study contradicts or undermines the ossification hypothesis. In fact, ossification is a real problem that has a wide variety of serious adverse effects.

Informing the Debate over Regulation’s Impact on Jobs

March 10, 2014

New Fuel Economy Standards Leave Poor Americans in the Dust

March 4, 2014

Public Interest Comment on The Interagency Technical Support Document: Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive Order No. 12866

February 26, 2014

In May 2013, the White House released a revised Technical Support Document (TSD) with a new estimate of the “social cost of carbon” (SCC), to be used by various agencies when evaluating the benefits of emissions

Why Do Politicians Pursue Regulatory Reforms?

February 24, 2014

Scholars find considerable evidence that the state-level regulatory reforms are about political gain more than administrative efficiency or economic benefits.

IRS and SBA Office of Advocacy Spar over Affordable Care Act Implementation

February 18, 2014

The IRS published a final rule setting up a tax penalty for businesses whose employees purchase health insurance through an Exchange using a federal subsidy.

Regulatory Reform: What’s New in 2014?

February 11, 2014

The 113th Congress is considering various bills that would reform the way regulations are developed, analyzed, and reviewed.

Comment on Löfstedt’s ‘The substitution principle in chemical regulation: a constructive critique’

January 2, 2014

Does Regulation Kill Jobs?

January 1, 2014

Does Regulation Kills Jobs? tackles what has become a heated partisan issue with exactly the kind of careful analysis policymakers need in order to make better policy decisions, providing insights that will benefit both politicians and citizens who seek economic growth as well as the protection of public health and safety, financial security, environmental sustainability, and other civic goals.

Online Consultation and Citizen Feedback in Chinese Policymaking

September 1, 2013

In recent years, the Chinese government has increasingly utilised online consultation as a means of providing citizens with opportunities to offer feedback on draft laws and regulations. As little is known about the operation of online consultation, this article analyses the content of citizen feedback submitted on a revision to China's health system proposed by the National Development and Reform Commission.