Promoting Best Practices for U.S. Regulatory Analysis
Benefit-cost analysis experts advocate changes to a draft update of OMB Circular A-4.
A New Approach to Regulatory Budgeting in Virginia
New agency aims to implement a more impactful approach to reducing regulatory costs.
Virginia Charts a Path Forward on Regulatory Modernization
New agency sets example for state and federal agencies to follow in analyzing regulatory costs and benefits.
Improving Regulatory Prediction
Scholars discuss how policymakers can help businesses predict future government action.
Fixing Cash Aid Is More Than Child’s Play
Streamlining administration of cash aid requires substantial legal and regulatory reform.
Regulatory Reform, Benefit-Cost Analysis, and the Poor
OIRA should add a benefit-cost analysis focused on protecting the poor when evaluating new agency rules.
Promoting Justice in Credit Markets
Scholar recommends that regulators incorporate principles of distributive justice into credit markets.
To Democratize Regulation, Reform Regulatory Analysis
Regulators must incorporate public values into their cost-benefit analyses.
The Irrationality of Market Failure Theory
The economic principles underlying cost-benefit analysis exclude future impacts.
Rejecting the Trump Anticanon of Regulatory Mismanagement
The Biden memo on improving regulatory review reintroduces competent, bipartisan cost-benefit analysis.
A New Era for Regulatory Review
President Biden’s memorandum modernizing regulatory review addresses three key failings in the review process.
Regulatory Review, Biden Style
Agency experts—not OIRA—must take the lead in regulatory decision-making under the Biden Administration.