The capture theory of regulation concludes that regulatory agencies tend to be captured by the firms they are regulating. This paper tests the capture theory in the recent environment of nuanced agency regulation by the administrative state, focusing on the U.S. oil refining industry. Regulation...

Perceptions about high U.S. gasoline prices or inexplicable differentials in prices between geographic areas have prompted a range of disparate policy proposals. However, there is a distinct lack of consensus on the cause of undesirable price dynamics. These dynamics are likely to be the product...

The zooplankton community structure of Ekerekana/Okari Creek in Okrika, South-South Nigeria had been studied for two months, February and August 2014 representing wet and dry months. Surface water for physico-chemical and zooplankton samples, were collected in 4 stations for analysis,...