This lecture considers the case for consumer financial regulation in an environment where many households lack the …

lagging reactions to regulation) and focusing both on levels and dynamic latent factors. We report both single breakpoint and …

We study a model in which corporate social responsibility (CSR) arises as a response to inefficient regulation. In our … attenuated through government regulation, which is set endogenously and may or may not be socially optimal. Governments may … choose suboptimal levels of regulation if they face lobbying pressure from companies. Companies can, in turn, hire socially …

Plan, which implements greenhouse gas regulation of power plants under the Clean Air Act, allows substantial regulatory … regulation and rate-based regulation. However, under rate-based standards the carbon price must equal the social cost of carbon …