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Jonathan Nelson

Craft Breweries Threatened by Modern Bootleggers

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Program for Economic Research on Regulation

Jerry Ellig Named Chief Economist for the Federal Communications Commission

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Program for Economic Research on Regulation

Let the Market (and Parents) Regulate Education

Regulations not only hamper economic growth, but they are also prohibitive to the growth of many other valuable features of society. This includes K-12 education. Research centers like the OECD and the Pew Research Center have showed a stark trend…

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Program for Economic Research on Regulation

VIDEO: Building a Regulatory Budget: What to Know and Where to Start

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Jonathan Nelson

Agencies Should Give Analysts More Independence

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Program for Economic Research on Regulation

EVENT: The Roller Coaster Economy: A Quarterly Update from Dr. Bruce Yandle

Thursday, June 15, 2017 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Rayburn House Office Building 2247

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Program for Economic Research on Regulation

How Do Regulations Affect Economic Growth?

By James Broughel

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Go to the profile of Jerry Ellig
Jerry Ellig

A Federal Fathers’ Day Present: Higher Prices for Table Saws

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Oliver Sherouse

Cataloging State Regulation

Our Story Thus Far

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Jerry Ellig

What a Good Regulatory System Should Look Like

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Jerry Ellig

Regulatory Reform Concepts in the Senate Regulatory Accountability Act

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Program for Economic Research on Regulation

EVENT: Using Technology to Better Quantify Regulatory Costs

Thursday, May 11, 2017 from 12 PM to 2 PM at the Hoover Institution

How much do regulations cost? A simple question that defies simple answers.

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Mark Febrizio

How Performance Standards Create Smarter Regulations than Design Mandates

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Program for Economic Research on Regulation

Sound Science is Necessary for Beneficial Public Health Policy

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Program for Economic Research on Regulation

Look North to Canada for Regulatory Reform

This week, the Mercatus Center published a pair of charts by James Broughel highlighting the increase in the economic growth rate in British Columbia after regulatory reforms enacted by the province. These reforms aimed to reduce regulatory requirements…

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Program for Economic Research on Regulation

Shoddy Economic Analysis? Tell It to the Judge!

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Jerry Ellig

FCC Chairman Pledges Greater Role for Economics

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai today announced plans to expand the role of economic analysis at the FCC in a speech at the Hudson Institute. This is an eminently sensible idea that other regulatory agencies (both…

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Jonathan Nelson

Markets Can Protect Patients Better than the FDA

By Howard Baetjer Jr., Patrick McLaughlin & Jonathan Nelson

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) will hold Congress’s first hearings with President Trump’s pick to head up the Food and…

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Patrick McLaughlin

The NFL: A Model for Federal Regulatory Reform

By Patrick A. McLaughlin, Stephen Strosko & Jonathan Nelson

Last week, the NFL team owners met to vote on proposals for new rules. Most notably, they approved a rule prohibiting defensive players from leaping over the line…

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Program for Economic Research on Regulation

The Data That Our Government Uses Must Be Transparent

By Randall Lutter & David Zorn

Over the past few decades, the quality of published scientific research — which underlies most federal efforts to protect consumers generally, and specifically health, safety and…

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