Regulatory Policy

Learn about the history of regulatory capture, its effect on public policy, and remedies for addressing corruption.

Regulatory capture is hard to pin down, its elusiveness stemming from four principal factors.

Closer congressional supervision can prevent special interests from dominating the regulatory process.

It is time for government to stop private interests from gaining improper influence over regulators.

The right regulatory reforms can level the playing field between the public and powerful corporate players.

Distinguished public servants and scholars examine critical issues concerning regulatory capture—and offer solutions on its eradication.

Assessing the past five years in regulation—and RegBlog’s achievements during this time—goes beyond numbers.

In commemoration of RegBlog’s fifth anniversary, experts look back on the last five years of regulation before looking forward to the next.

A recent OECD Regulatory Policy Outlook sketches the present and future of OECD countries’ regulatory policy practices.

Recommendations in National Academy of Sciences report may lead to smarter regulation of research.

State park officials consider re-routing the Appalachian Trail away from Mount Katahdin in response to growing crowds.

Scholars examine the framing of fairness in debates over Canadian oils sands regulation.