Kenneth Button

Kenneth Button

Kenneth Button is a professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. He is an academician of the Academy of Social Sciences, fellow of the Institution of HIghways and Transportation, and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. His experience of policy making includes serving as Conseiller in the Advisory Unit to the Secretary General of the OECD and Special Advisor to the UK House of Commons Transport Committee. 

Published Research

Ongoing Government Failures in Air Transportation

Kenneth Button | May 17, 2012
The reforms to the U.S. air transportation market since the late 1970s have clearly brought about economic improvements, including lower average prices for users, and greater choice among suppliers, and service attributes more in line with what customers seek. However, the market remains far from perfect, with a range of residual economic regulations stymieing the full potential of the sector.

Policy Briefs

Airline Deregulation: Myth or Reality?

Kenneth Button | May 17, 2012
Given the successes of many of the recent deregulatory experiments in other countries, it seems the time has come, 35 years after airline price deregulation, to begin experimenting with more infrastructure reforms in the United States.