 | America’s New Fuel Economy Cartel: Trading Freedom for Barrels of Oil 
June 23, 2009
Working Papers
Bruce Yandle |
| In this working paper, Bruce Yandle, Mercatus Center Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics and Dean Emeritus, Clemson College of Business and Behavioral Sciences, explains the political factors affecting CAFE standards and the second-order effects of these regulations.
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| 'Doing My Part' to Save the Global Commons?
April 15, 2009
Working Papers
Bentley Coffey, Patrick A. McLaughlin |
| In this working paper, Research Fellow Patrick McLaughlin and Bentley Coffey show that people voluntarily reduce their consumption of gasoline as they become more aware of climate change.
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| Public Interest Comment on Not Considering Costs in Setting NAAQS: A Costly Mistake
December 15, 2008
Public Interest Comments
Patrick A. McLaughlin |
| This public interest comment, by Research Fellow Patrick McLaughlin, addresses the EPA’s practice of neglecting costs when drafting National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
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| Not Considering Costs in Setting NAAQS: A Costly Mistake
November 26, 2008
Working Papers
Patrick A. McLaughlin |
| This working paper addresses the EPA’s practice of neglecting costs when drafting National Ambient Air Quality Standards. It is contained in the public interest comment above.
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 | Fire in the National Forest System: California Solutions for a California Problem(2)
March 4, 2008
Mercatus On Policy
Robert Nelson |
| In this paper, Robert Nelson proposes three decentralization alternatives for the U.S. Forest Service that would allow state and local governments to address directly the increasing instances of forest fires.
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| Public Interest Comment on Hedge Fund Investor Qualifications
March 9, 2007
Public Interest Comments
Houman B. Shadab |
| The SEC's proposed rules harm investors by reducing their ability to decrease overall portfolio risk through purchasing hedge fund securities. Hedge funds are primarily a tool for risk management and risk reduction, not beating general market returns. Even though hedge funds are private investment vehicles not subject to the SEC's system of registration and disclosure, there is enough public information about them for a substantial portion of investors to make informed decisions. Hedge funds have become more complicated over the last decade. Yet increased complexity allows hedge funds to better manage risk, and hedge funds are in some important ways less risky than prior years. Numerous other investments with the same types of risks and complexity as hedge funds are not subject to any qualifications based upon personal wealth.
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| The Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Rule for Renovation, Repair, and Painting Workers
October 26, 2006
Public Interest Comments
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| The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed certification requirements and prescribed certain work practices for workers conducting renovation, repair, and painting (RRP) work. The regulation is intended as a means of reducing the number of children with elevated blood-lead levels (EBLs) believed caused by exposure to dust from lead-based paint disturbed by RRP work.
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| Electric Energy Market Competition Task Force Draft Report to Congress
October 26, 2006
Public Interest Comments
L. Kiesling |
| Section 1815 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 established an interagency task force to conduct a study and analysis of competition within the wholesale markets and retail markets for electric energy in the United States. This Draft Report presents the results of this analysis for public comment.
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| Exposed Refineries, Price Gouging and the Gas Crisis That Never Was
July 28, 2006
Journal Articles
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| While much has been made of the multiple failures of both state and federal governments following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, relatively little attention has been paid to regulatory restraint that followed the hurricanes and allowed for a speedier recovery. This article explores why hurricanes, which directly affected about only 2 percent of U.S. GDP, managed to cause so much disruption to the nation's fuel supplies, and how the same government that botched "hands on" relief efforts succeeded when it went "hands off."
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| Written Testimony Examining The Use Of Non-Consensus Standards in Workplace Health and Safety
May 3, 2006
Congressional Testimonies
Andrew P. Morriss |
| Many current Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards are based on consensus standards developed by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). |
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