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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]
15 May 2012, 9:30 pm
Demand for spectrum—the government-controlled airwaves used to transmit wireless signals—is at an all-time high. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, reported to Congress last week that the agency will not institute a debt forgiveness program despite requests from top Obama Administration officials. [read post]
27 Nov 2012, 9:30 pm
Mary L. [read post]
2 Jul 2013, 9:30 pm
Before leaving for its July 4 recess, the Senate voted to confirm Howard Shelanski as the new administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), a post that had been vacant since last August. [read post]
16 Jul 2013, 9:30 pm
Human development has unequivocal implications for the environment and human health. [read post]
3 Nov 2013, 9:30 pm
With unemployment coming down only slowly from its Great Recession heights, political debate over the potential impact of regulations on job growth rages on in Washington, D.C.In an effort to infuse policy debate with the findings of social science research, the Penn Program on Regulation (PPR) held a workshop earlier this fall to examine the impacts of regulation on employment. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 9:30 pm
Every year, 177 people die in speeding-related accidents. [read post]
30 Oct 2012, 9:30 pm
As researchers predict that whole human genome sequencing may soon cost just $1,000, down from an estimation of $2.5 billion in 2000, observers caution that DNA sequencing may carry significant privacy risks. [read post]
26 Dec 2011, 12:00 am
China joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) 10 years ago this month, pledging to uphold the rules and practices of open market economies. [read post]
10 Jul 2013, 9:30 pm
Is the “virtual world” impossible to regulate? [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 2012, 9:30 pm
I began as a political science graduate student at Harvard in 1980. [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]
26 Aug 2013, 10:10 pm
After more than a year of courtship, the United States and European Union took the first steps towards making their longstanding trade relationship official by kicking off in July the first round of negotiations for the U.S. [read post]
8 Oct 2013, 9:30 pm
At least 23,000 people die every year in the United States due to infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 12:00 am
By harvesting the nation’s vast energy-efficiency opportunities, the Obama Administration can spur meaningful reductions in power sector greenhouse gas emissions while saving American families and businesses money, creating jobs at home, and securing reductions in all air pollutants. [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]
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]
25 Nov 2015, 9:30 pm
Today, most Americans will partake in the tradition of a celebratory Thanksgiving dinner with family, friends, and neighbors, and will join with each other in giving thanks. [read post]
