Regulatory capture can generate significant social and economic costs, particularlyin dangerous occupations. In this article I evaluate whether political influence hasallowed firms to systematically evade safety and health regulations using data from oneof the country’s most dangerous...

Negative policy spillovers can undermine the social effectiveness of well-intentioned regulations. We evaluate whether environmental regulations that shifted electricity generation from coal to natural gas, reducing emissions, had an effect on electricity price volatility. We use emergency...