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Bruce Yandle

Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics
Dean Emeritus, Clemson College of Business and Behavioral Sciences
yandle@clemson.edu

Biography

Bruce Yandle is a distinguished adjunct professor of economics for the Mercatus Center's Capitol Hill Campus program and the dean emeritus of the Clemson College of Business and Behavioral Sciences.

Dr. Yandle is the author or co-author of numerous books, including Taking the Environment Seriously, The Political Limits of Environmental Regulation, Environmental Use and the Market, Land Rights, The Economics of Environmental Quality, and most recently, Common Sense and Common Law for the Environment. He is a member of the South Carolina State Board of Economic Advisors.

From 1976 to 1978, Dr. Yandle was a senior economist on the staff of the President's Council on Wage and Price Stability, where he reviewed and analyzed newly proposed regulations. From 1982 to 1984, he was executive director of the Federal Trade Commission. Before entering a career in university teaching, Dr. Yandle was in the industrial machinery business in Georgia for fifteen years.

Dr. Yandle earned his PhD and MBA from Georgia State University and his AB degree from Mercer University.

Articles, Commentary, and Publications

• Louisiana’s Performance in the New Knowledge Economy
• Regulation by Litigation
• Bootleggers, Baptists & Televangelists: Regulating Tobacco By Litigation
• Is 9/11 a Crisis to be followed by a Leviathan?
• The Environmental Protection Agency's Proposed Water Quality Trading Policy
• The Environmental Protection Agency's Proposed Changes to the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program and to the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and Water Quality Standards (WQS) Regulations

Events

• How About That Economy? A Quarterly Update
• By Judge and Jury: Case Studies in Regulation by Litigation
• The New Knowledge Economy: Increasing Competitiveness in the Golden State
• A Quarterly Economic Update
• How About that Economy? A Quarterly Update
• How About That Economy? A Quarterly Update
• How About That Economy? A Quarterly Update
• How About That Economy? A Quarterly Update
• Getting Warmer: Addressing Climate Change and Environmental Policy
• 2007 Chief of Staff Retreat - Williamsburg, VA

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