by Stuart Shapiro and Laura Stanley. Original source: Mercatus Center, George Mason University Since the early 1980s, federal regulatory agencies have produced regulatory impact analyses (RIAs) for major regulations that include an estimate of the expected…
Repost from JREG Notice and Comment. By Chris Walker. Original source: Notice and Comment, 14 april 2016 Two weeks ago, in MetLife v. Financial Stability Oversight Council, District Judge Rosemary Collyer (D.D.C.) sent waves through the financial…
Research note by Mark Seidenfeld on the article Political Parties and Presidential Oversight by Michael A. Livermore. Original source: Jotwell blog Ever since courts have recognized the legitimacy of political influence on agency policymaking, scholars have struggled to formulate…
The European Commission has recently published the document The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – State of Play, that outlines the state of progress of The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the context…
In a seminal piece Jennifer Nou has focused on the internal organization of agencies which is undertheorized by scholars who tend to pay more attention to administrative law imposed upon agencies. Nou hypothesized that agency…
Research note by Patrick A. McLaughlin Economic theory alone often fails to solve controversies over optimal government regulation. Empirical projects are therefore necessary to advance our scientific understanding of regulatory policies’ causes and effects. To this…
Research note by Adrian Vermeule on the article Administrative War, by Mariano-Florentino Cuellar. Original source: Jotwell blog Some readers value an article for logical rigor, some for sound judgment, some for immediate utility, some for…
by Jim Tozzi. Original source: JREG Notice and Comment Every year the federal government decides three major economic matters 1) the amount of money that the government will spend 2) the amount of money it…
Research note by Mila Sohoni on the article Over-Accountability, by Jacob E. Gersen & Matthew C. Stephenson. Original source: Jotwell blog Many an administrative law article ends with a simple and appealing recommendation: “just add accountability!” Accountability,…
by William G. Resh As President Barack Obama ends the final Congress of his presidency facing majority opposition in both chambers of the legislature and ostensibly an opposing ideological majority in the Supreme Court, the…