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17 Jul 2012, 9:30 pm
I appreciate having this opportunity to pass on a few observations about Jim Wilson, his work, and his teaching. [read post]
23 Jul 2013, 9:40 pm
Fracking, more formally known as hydraulic fracturing, has created a natural gas boom and revitalized some rural economies – but not without raising environmental concerns. [read post]
9 Jul 2011, 6:00 am
Doomsayers have referred to growing debt from college loans as the second coming of the subprime crisis. [read post]
1 May 2012, 9:30 pm
In a new executive order issued yesterday, President Obama has directed the head of his administration’s regulatory review office to increase “international regulatory cooperation” among U.S. agencies and their foreign counterparts as a way to promote U.S. trade policy. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 9:00 pm
Use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas from shale formations – so-called fracking – has provoked debate among politicians all over the world. [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 9:00 pm
If legislators disagree about the efficacy of a proposed policy, why not resolve the disagreement with a bet? [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 9:30 pm
Every year, 177 people die in speeding-related accidents. [read post]
2 Dec 2012, 9:30 pm
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]
11 Aug 2013, 9:01 pm
Forty years ago, a far-sighted and creative Congress enacted one of the most transformative statutes in history: the Clean Water Act. [read post]
19 May 2013, 9:30 pm
Congressional Republicans have attacked the Obama administration by accusing federal agencies of engaging in collusive litigation practices with public interest groups (pejoratively dubbed “sue-and-settle”). [read post]
3 Jul 2013, 9:40 pm
Each year, fishermen kill approximately one hundred million sharks for their fins, fueling what has become a multi-billion dollar shark-fin market. [read post]
5 Aug 2013, 9:30 pm
Why is it that if you characterize yourself as “very conservative,” you are twenty times more likely to be dismissive of the threat of climate change than if you consider yourself “very liberal”? [read post]
26 Feb 2012, 9:30 pm
The media has extensively covered Rick Santorum’s views on social issues, but what are his opinions about regulation? [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 9:30 pm
Despite widespread concern about the fate of nuclear power after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, Paul Joskow, the President of the Alfred P. [read post]
9 May 2012, 9:30 pm
The catastrophic flood damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Irene in 2011 highlighted the importance of federal flood-related disaster assistance. [read post]
13 May 2012, 9:30 pm
Beginning around 1990, a significant transatlantic shift in the relative stringency of risk regulations of the United States and the European Union occurred. [read post]
3 Dec 2012, 9:30 pm
Americans hoping to get a head start on placing online bets for the 2016 presidential race may need to find another bookmaker. [read post]
12 Nov 2012, 9:30 pm
Since the first major effects of the housing crisis hit the U.S. financial system more than five years ago, policymakers, politicians, and finance experts have called for reform of the U.S. housing finance system. [read post]
30 Sep 2013, 9:30 pm
A new debate is emerging about the economic effects of regulation. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm
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]
