Jerry Ellig
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Former Senior Research Fellow
Jerry Ellig was a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, an assistant professor of economics at George Mason University, the chief economist at the Federal Communications Commission, the deputy director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission, and a senior economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress. He specialized in the federal regulatory process, economic regulation, and telecommunications regulation.
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Latest Work
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Regulatory Process, Regulatory Reform, and the Quality of Regulatory Impact Analysis
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Analyze This
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Midnight Regulations: Poster Children for Regulatory Reform
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Congress: Hold the REINS until You Get the Facts
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Improvements in SEC Economic Analysis since Business Roundtable
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Books Books
Reframing Financial Regulation
Enhancing Stability and Protecting Consumers

- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How to Ensure Agencies Consider Rules' Economic Impact
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Zombie Regulations Emerge at Midnight
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Three Facts about Midnight Regulations
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Midnight Regulations Illustrate Larger Problems with the Regulatory Process
Latest Work
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Regulatory Process, Regulatory Reform, and the Quality of Regulatory Impact Analysis
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Analyze This
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Midnight Regulations: Poster Children for Regulatory Reform
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Congress: Hold the REINS until You Get the Facts
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Improvements in SEC Economic Analysis since Business Roundtable
- | Financial Markets Financial Markets
- | Books Books
Reframing Financial Regulation
Enhancing Stability and Protecting Consumers

- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
How to Ensure Agencies Consider Rules' Economic Impact
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Zombie Regulations Emerge at Midnight
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Three Facts about Midnight Regulations
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Midnight Regulations Illustrate Larger Problems with the Regulatory Process
Latest Work
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Agency Analysis Rarely Used to Inform Regulatory Decisions
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Regulatory Analysis and Regulatory Reform: An Update
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
State Franchise Law Carjacks Auto Buyers
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Regulatory Impact Analysis: Four Decades of Foibles
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Regulatory Impact Analysis: The Cornerstone of Regulatory Reform
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Presidential Priorities, Congressional Control, and the Quality of Regulatory Analysis: An Application to Healthcare and Homeland Security
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Reforming Regulatory Analysis, Review, and Oversight: A Guide for the Perplexed
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
While Regulatory Spending and Output Increase, Economic Analysis of Regulations Is Often Incomplete
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Working Papers Working Papers
SEC Regulatory Analysis: A Long Way to Go and a Short Time to Get There
Latest Work
Latest Work
Latest Work
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Event Video Event Video
Sixty Years Since the Administrative Procedure Act Necessary Improvements
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Laws Protecting Auto Franchises Are Bad for Consumers and Innovation
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Cornerstone of Regulatory Reform
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Bell Should Toll for 'Midnight' Regulations
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Right Level of Regulatory Rigor
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Congress Must Hold Expert Agencies Accountable
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Headlong Rush to Regulate
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Regulation Should Be Smarter, Not Necessarily Faster
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Mercatus Scholars on the 2014 State of the Union
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary