A group of economists and scientists met at Stanford University on October 18, 2008 to discuss the role of research and development in developing effective policies for addressing the adverse potential consequences of climate change. We believe that climate change is a serious issue that...

Infrastructure industries-including telecommunications, electricity, water, and gas-underwent massive structural changes in the 1990s. During that decade, hundreds of privatization transactions valued at billions of dollars were completed in these sectors in developing and transition economies....

California’s initiative to create the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), which sponsors human embryonic stem cell research within the state, has been significantly delayed by a series of political and legal battles over the structure, procedures and policies of CIRM,...

The federal government has made substantial progress in reforming economic regulation--especially by deregulating prices and reducing entry barriers in specific industries.

This primer highlightsboth the strengths and the limitations of benefit-cost analysis in the development, design, and implementation of regulatory reform.

The federal government has made substantial progress in reforming economic regulation--especially by deregulating prices and reducing entry barriers in specific industries.