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5 Sep 2013, 5:00 am by Christina Reichert
To reduce international mobile roaming prices, can countries regulate through bilateral or multi-lateral agreements without violating their trade obligations? [read post]
6 Nov 2013, 9:54 pm by Silki Patel
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recently proposed rules on crowdfunding are sure to draw crowds. [read post]
6 Oct 2013, 9:30 pm by Steven J. Balla
Scholars of regulatory policymaking have long wondered about the extent to which public comments on regulatory proposals actually engage with policy merits rather than merely represent superficial and symbolic expressions of democratic participation. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Brian Ryoo
Now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has announced that Representative Paul Ryan will serve as his running mate, Ryan’s plans for deficit reduction and Medicare reform have garnered increasing – and even heated – attention on the campaign trail. [read post]
2 Dec 2012, 9:30 pm by Elisa Solomon
Over the past thirty years, the commercial contracts that make up global supply chains increasingly incorporate provisions regulating social, environmental, and safety standards, according to Penn Program on Regulation (PPR) fellow, Fabrizio Cafaggi. [read post]
20 Dec 2012, 4:30 am by Lauren-Kelly Devine
In response to growing apprehension about the largely unregulated nature of the rapidly expanding data collection industry, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a comprehensive investigation into the practices of nine major data brokerage companies. [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm by Sam Batkins
The long-awaited release of President Obama’s budget will once again ignite debate in Washington, D.C. over the nation’s spending priorities. [read post]
28 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm by Lisa Heinzerling
In his revealing new book about his nearly four years as President Barack Obama’s “regulatory czar,” Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein describes a striking moment:  “After I had been in the job for a few years, a Cabinet member showed up at my office and told my chief of staff, ‘I work for Cass Sunstein. [read post]
28 Aug 2013, 9:45 pm by Margot Campbell
In January, a court decision that declared unconstitutional an administrative appointment made by President Obama catapulted the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—one of the lesser-known independent governmental agencies—from obscurity to front-page news. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm by Christopher Carrigan
Although one of my advisors is, I am not a student of James Q. [read post]
21 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm by Brian Ryoo
Should large institutional investors be allowed to have better access to information than small individual investors? [read post]
24 Sep 2013, 9:32 pm by Silki Patel
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set its eyes on the fast-growing mobile health app market, estimated to reach $26 billion by 2017. [read post]
20 May 2012, 9:30 pm by Vanessa Kurzweil
Witnesses at a recent Senate committee hearing agreed that manufacturers, researchers, and hospitals could lose access to a critical component of their operations next year unless Congress acts to ensure a steady supply of helium. [read post]
18 Dec 2012, 9:30 pm by Christopher Tipler
What effects will climate change have on the security missions of the American military and intelligence forces? [read post]
29 Jan 2013, 9:30 pm by Sam Batkins
The recently published Unified Agenda of federal regulatory activity shows a total of 136 regulations that are “economically significant” – that is, those that will have an impact of $100 million or more. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 9:30 pm by Maxwell Blum
Cyberattacks can cause potentially massive costs, but the United States may not be adequately prepared to face them. [read post]
15 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm by Christopher H. Foreman, Jr.
The fearsomely productive Jim Wilson book-ended the 1980s with two hugely influential book-length contributions, an edited volume on The Politics of Regulation (1980) and his opus on Bureaucracy: What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It (1989). [read post]