Jarrell (1978) found that electricity prices rose in states that adopted state regulation before 1917, suggesting that … regulation more credibly protected specialized utility assets from regulatory opportunism than did the municipal franchise … between capacity and prices shifted upward under state regulation, potentially consistent with either explanation. At the same …

We describe RegData 3.0, a database released by the RegData Project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University … on August 31, 2017, for the purpose of facilitating third-party usage. We explain the primary features of the database …, describe the methodology used to build it, and list the pre-made datasets available for download from the RegData 3.0 database …

new panel. RDAU1.0 applies the RegData method to create a unique Australian database that extends from 1997 to 2012 …. We use RDAU1.0 to capture broad patterns in Australian regulation, and we compare these data to RegData findings from … preliminary analysis yields relational evidence consistent with previous researchers' hypothesis that the extent of regulation …

This paper presents the latest edition of the OECD indicators of product market regulation (PMR), which measure …, modifications in the economic and business environment, and changes in the practice of regulation. The results show that most OECD …