Happy Birthday, The Regulatory Review!
RegBlog celebrates two years of regulatory news, analysis, and opinion.
Updating OSHA Inspection Policies
Using predictive targeting could better identify firms with the biggest risks to workers.
Active Choosing versus Default Rules
Cass Sunstein explains why – and when – policymakers should use default rules.
Making Decisions without All the Answers
Institute of Medicine report describes how the EPA should confront uncertainty.
The Paradox of Regulation: What It Can and Cannot Achieve
Regulatory success depends on managing actuarial, socio-cultural, and political risk.
OMB Proposes Guidance to Simplify Federal Grantmaking Process
Guidance seeks to ease regulatory burdens while increasing effectiveness of oversight.
Will OMB Make the Right Decision on Menu Labeling?
Requiring grocery stores to display calories may be too costly for its purported benefits.
First Principles for Interpreting Regulation
A new framework promises greater coherence in regulatory interpretation.
Trust & Verify: How the CPSC Gets the Information It Needs
Contrary to critics, statute leads to better information for consumer protection.
Regulatory Breakdown in the United States
The Regulatory Review summarizes the work of leading scholars from the newly published book Regulatory Breakdown: The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation.
A Portfolio Approach to Addressing Catastrophic Risk
Scholars favor employing the market, civil liability, and regulation to tackle catastrophic risk.