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NLRB Proposes Rule to Speed Up Union Elections

NLRB Proposes Rule to Speed Up Union Elections

To the ire of employers, proposal would allow employees to vote to unionize in less than half the current time.

Analyzing the Job Impacts of Regulation

Analyzing the Job Impacts of Regulation

Wharton School panel discussion assesses new book on how regulations affect employment.

Supreme Court to Hear FTC Challenge to Licensing Board

Supreme Court to Hear FTC Challenge to Licensing Board

Dispute over teeth-whitening regulations may expand federal antitrust authority over states.

Changing Risk Culture is Hard

Changing Risk Culture is Hard

Culture and attitudes toward risk are built into the foundations of systemically important banks.

Former Commissioner Speaks About SEC’s Role in Rapidly Changing Market

Former Commissioner Speaks About SEC’s Role in Rapidly Changing Market

Troy A. Paredes offers his views on recent regulatory developments at a Penn seminar.

The Battle over Transatlantic Financial Regulation

The Battle over Transatlantic Financial Regulation

Improved diplomatic processes would help strengthen international economic cooperation.

A Better Way to Study the Effects of Regulation on Employment

A Better Way to Study the Effects of Regulation on Employment

New study proposes a better way to take employment effects into account in rulemaking.

The Unemployment Costs of Regulation

The Unemployment Costs of Regulation

Traditional forms of analysis may underestimate unemployment costs, skewing cost-benefit analysis of regulations.

Analyzing Regulation’s Effect on Jobs

Analyzing Regulation’s Effect on Jobs

Lisa Robinson argues that recent high unemployment highlights the need to assess employment effects of regulation.

Informing the Debate over Regulation’s Impact on Jobs

Informing the Debate over Regulation’s Impact on Jobs

Debate over regulation’s effects on employment would benefit from better policy analysis.

FCC, FTC Merger Necessary to Modernize Communications Regulation, Comment Suggests

FCC, FTC Merger Necessary to Modernize Communications Regulation, Comment Suggests

FCC’s largely duplicative functions should be redeployed to other agencies, says think tank.

Rarely Used Rule May Expand Small Companies’ Access to Capital

Rarely Used Rule May Expand Small Companies’ Access to Capital

SEC proposal would exempt small businesses from federal and state security registration.