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Effective Regulatory Reform : What the United States Can Learn from British Columbia
Broughel, James - 2018
In 2017, President Trump signed Executive Order 13771, which required that two regulations be identified for elimination each time a new federal rule is proposed. The order also created, for the first time, a system of annual regulatory budget allocations for federal agencies. On the surface,...
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Corruption, Regulation, and Growth : An Empirical Study of the United States
Johnson, Noel D.; Ruger, William P.; Sorens, Jason; … - 2013
effects are smaller in states with more regulation …
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A Point of View : Net Neutrality Regulation in the United States
Esbin, Barbara S. - 2013
The United States moved closer to Net Neutrality regulation this year when the Federal Communications Commission found …
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Industry Size and Regulation : Evidence from US States
McLaughlin, Patrick A.; Law, Marc T. - 2021
What explains variation in the degree of regulation across US states and industries? We examine cross- sectional … variation in state government regulation facing 81 3-digit North American Industry Classification System industries by matching … states, an increase in industry size is positively correlated with the extent of regulation. Additionally, for most …
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Industry Size and Regulation : Evidence from US States
Law, Marc T.; McLaughlin, Patrick A. - 2021
What explains variation in the degree of regulation across US states and industries? We examine cross …-sectional variation in state government regulation facing 81 three-digit NAICS industries by matching novel data on regulatory … is positively correlated with the extent of regulation. Additionally, for most industries, there is also a positive …
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Values and politics in the US : an equilibrium analysis of the 2004 election
Lee, Woojin; Roemer, John E. - 2005
The CNN exit polls after the 2004 election rated moral values the most important issue; next came jobs and the economy. Eighty percent of the voters who rated moral values the most important issue voted for Bush while eighty percent of the voters who rated jobs and the economy the most important...
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Racism, xenophobia, and redistribution
Lee, Woojin; Roemer, John E.; Van der Straeten, Karine - 2005
We report here a summary of our recent research on the effect that the race issue, in the United States, and the immigration issue in European countries, is having on the degree of redistribution and the size of the public sector that is implemented through political competition. We model...
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Douglass North as a political economist
Almeida, Rafael Galvão de - 2019
This article explores Douglass North’s intellectual development as a political economist and an interdisciplinary researcher. Although he was an important figure during the cliometrics revolution, he later grew dissatisfied with the approach and went on to study institutions, helping to...
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The economic contribution of unauthorized workers : an industry analysis
Edwards, Ryan D.; Ortega, Francesc - 2016
This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the economic contribution of unauthorized workers to the U.S. economy, and the potential gains from legalization. We employ a theoretical framework that allows for multiple industries and a heterogeneous workforce in terms of skills and...
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Sclerotization of the judiciary : judicial exits from the U.S. courts of appeals are politically motivated
Chen, Daniel L. - 2016
Less than 1% of U.S. Federal judges report political motivations for retirement and resignation. However using two centuries of data, I show that 13% of retirements and 36% of resignations follow political cycles. When the President comes from a different political party as judge's party of...
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