Many scholars have worried that regulation deters entrepreneurship because larger firms can overcome the costs of complying with regulations more easily than smaller firms. Using novel data on the extent of US federal regulations by industry at the four-digit NAICS (North American Industry...

A growing body of literature analyzing the distributive consequences of regulation suggests that regulation may have particularly detrimental effects on lower income households. Regulation can be regressive if it represents the preferences of the wealthy while imposing costs on all households....

Certificate of Need (CON) laws in place in most US states require health care providers to prove to a state board that their proposed services are necessary in order to be allowed to open or expand. While CON most commonly targets hospital and nursing home beds, data from the American Health...

Broadband deployment policies have directly subsidized fiber providers because fiber broadband delivers fast download speeds. This paper examines if recent fiber buildout has increased competition for aDSL and cable incumbents and if entry by a fiber competitor predicts faster incumbent download...