The U.S. regulation of high-voltage transmission is highly complex and, as a result, generally poorly understood. The … are not synchronized with the larger regional grid. We summarize this complex structure of transmission regulation in the …

We provide an in-depth study of short-term rental (STR) regulation in Chicago. While many municipalities choose between …

This paper provides the first quantitative economic models of pharmacy benefit management regulation. The price … "rebate traps." Applicable types of regulation include rebate rules, such as the HHS rebate rule and the Insulin Act …

We analyze how information disclosure policy affects investment efficiency in non-cooperative settings with information … investment returns exceed a predefined level. These policies include complete secrecy, in which players only observe rival …

This paper reviews the economic literature on the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). I … highlight key challenges for studying the regulation including the difficulty of finding a suitable control group, variable firm … compliance and regulatory enforcement, as well as the regulation's impact on data observability. The economic literature on the …

This paper examines the regulation of technological innovation direction under uncertainty about potential harms. We …

electric utilities have retired coal more slowly than others. We build a structural model of rate-of-return regulation during …

This paper addresses the impact on investment incentives of the network sharing arrangements mandated by the … Telecommunications Act of 1996, with a focus on the implications of irreversible investment. Although the goal is to promote competition … network services, which creates a significant investment disincentive …

We examine the performance attributes of a merchant transmission investment framework that relies on market driven …' transmission investment to provide the infrastructure to support competitive wholesale markets for electricity. Under a stringent … set of assumptions, the merchant investment model has a remarkable set of attributes that appear to solve the natural …