Scholars of regulation generally view the procedures that agencies must follow when promulgating rules as instruments by which political principals control bureaucratic agents. Much like political principals attempt to use procedural checks to constrain regulatory agencies’ actions, these same...

While numerous examinations of the rule-making process have occurred at the federal level, there are fewer studies about the effects of the proceduralization of the rule-making process on state regulations. Our examination focuses on regulations promulgated in New Jersey, both before and after...

Regulation has become a front-page topic recently, often referenced by politicians in conjunction with the current state of the US economy. Yet despite regulation' s increased presence in current politics and media, The Politics of Regulatory Reform argues that the regulatory process and its...

Regulatory impact analyses (RIAs) weigh the benefits of regulations against the burdens they impose and are invaluable tools for informing decision makers. We offer 10 tips for nonspecialist policymakers and interested stakeholders who will be reading RIAs as consumers. 1. Core problem:...

Most examinations of the effects of regulation examine individual regulations or policy areas. The same is true of most reforms to the regulatory process. This paper raises questions about this focus. We survey business-owners in five midwestern states about their attitudes toward regulation. We...

Many of the scholarly and political debates about cost-benefit analysis (CBA) focus on the merits or problems of the technique itself. But there has been little consideration of what role cost-benefit analysis has already had, and whether institutional constraints affect the regulatory process....