Improving Regulatory Prediction
Scholars discuss how policymakers can help businesses predict future government action.
Fixing Cash Aid Is More Than Child’s Play
Streamlining administration of cash aid requires substantial legal and regulatory reform.
Regulatory Reform, Benefit-Cost Analysis, and the Poor
OIRA should add a benefit-cost analysis focused on protecting the poor when evaluating new agency rules.
Promoting Justice in Credit Markets
Scholar recommends that regulators incorporate principles of distributive justice into credit markets.
To Democratize Regulation, Reform Regulatory Analysis
Regulators must incorporate public values into their cost-benefit analyses.
The Irrationality of Market Failure Theory
The economic principles underlying cost-benefit analysis exclude future impacts.
Rejecting the Trump Anticanon of Regulatory Mismanagement
The Biden memo on improving regulatory review reintroduces competent, bipartisan cost-benefit analysis.
A New Era for Regulatory Review
President Biden’s memorandum modernizing regulatory review addresses three key failings in the review process.
Regulatory Review, Biden Style
Agency experts—not OIRA—must take the lead in regulatory decision-making under the Biden Administration.
Regulatory Analysis Needs to Catch Up on Distribution
Regulators should go beyond cost-benefit analysis and evaluate the distributional impacts of regulations.
The Administrative State Is Neglecting Regulatory Benefits
Scholar argues for regulatory reforms grounded in an intense focus on net benefits.
Cost-Benefit Analysis Supports Continuing the National Shutdown
The lives saved by four more weeks of social distancing requirements outweigh the harms to the economy.