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New Publications

  • GDP Growth Rates: The Swedish Approach

    by Veronique de Rugy
    May 16, 2012

  • Regulation in the Pulp and Paper Industry: Costs and Consequences

    by Colleen Haight, Derek Thieme
    May 15, 2012

  • How Well Do Federal Regulations Actually Work? The Role of Retrospective Review

    by Randall Lutter
    May 11, 2012

  • The Economics and Regulation of Bank Overdraft Protection

    by Todd Zywicki, Nick Tuszynski
    May 09, 2012

  • European Austerity: Government Expenditures by Country

    by Veronique de Rugy
    May 08, 2012

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The pulp and paper industry is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the United States. A new paper by Colleen Haight and Derek Thieme takes a look at these regulations and the total cost they impose on society. 

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Sweden's Commitment to Spending Cuts Has Paid Off

Is Housing Becoming a Form of Entitlement?

India's Slowdown Hurts Poor the Most

Has Austerity in Europe Really Failed?

Does the Internet Need a Global Regulator?

Exposing the Medicare Double Count

New Books

Launching the Innovation Renaissance

by Alexander Tabarrok
Nov 21, 2011

Government Performance and Results

by Jerry Ellig, Maurice P. McTigue, Henry Wray
Sep 08, 2011

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From the Newsroom

  • Greece's Influence on the Eurozone Is Ludicrous

    May 16, 2012

  • Leaving Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac As Is Risks Another Housing Bubble

    May 15, 2012

  • Once Again, Break Up the Banks

    May 15, 2012

  • Two Kinds of Austerity

    May 11, 2012

  • JP Morgan's Beautiful Loss

    May 11, 2012

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Is Austerity to Blame for Europe's Economic Woes?

Veronique de Rugy | May 11, 2012

New Podcast Episodes

  • Looking Back to See Forward: The Need For Regulatory Retrospective Review

    May 11, 2012

  • Destination Unknown: The Future of GSEs In America

    May 02, 2012

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Spending & Budget

  • The Political Economy of Medicaid Reform: Evidence from Five Reforming States

  • The Economic Situation

  • The Political Economy of Medicaid Reform

  • The Fiscal Health of the States

  • Wireless Taxes and Fees: A Tragedy of the Anticommons

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Financial Markets

  • House of Cards: Reforming America's Housing Finance System

  • The Law and Economics of Shareholder Voting Reform and the Costs of Proxy Access

  • Economic Situation Report for December 2011

  • The Economics and Regulation of Bank Overdraft Protection

  • Economic Situation Report

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Tech Policy

  • Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy

  • The Perils of Classifying Social Media Platforms as Public Utilities

  • Is There a Market Failure In Cybersecurity?

  • Technopanics, Threat Inflation, and the Danger of an Information Technology Precautionary Principle

  • Is There a Cybersecurity Market Failure

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Regulation

  • Regulation in the Pulp and Paper Industry: Costs and Consequences

  • The Economics and Regulation of Bank Overdraft Protection

  • The Role of Retrospective Analysis and Review in Regulatory Policy

  • Freedom and Entrepreneurship: New Evidence from the 50 States

  • Fat Chance: An Analysis of Anti-Obesity Efforts

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State and Local

  • The Political Economy of Medicaid Reform: Evidence from Five Reforming States

  • The Appearance of Fiscal Prudence

  • Freedom and Entrepreneurship: New Evidence from the 50 States

  • The Perils of Classifying Social Media Platforms as Public Utilities

  • The Fiscal Health of the States

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Economics

  • Stock Market Reactions to Political Events

  • The Political Economy of Medicaid Reform: Evidence from Five Reforming States

  • The Role of Retrospective Analysis and Review in Regulatory Policy

  • Freedom and Entrepreneurship: New Evidence from the 50 States

  • The Perils of Classifying Social Media Platforms as Public Utilities

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