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Regulatory Studies Program

 

The Regulatory Studies Program of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University works within the university setting to improve the state of knowledge and debate about regulations and their impact on society through peer reviewed research, ultimately improving how government works in the regulatory arena.

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Publications

The Resilient Homeland: How DHS Intelligence Should Empower America to Prepare for, Prevent, and Withstand Terrorist Attacks

Congressional Testimonies
Amos Guiora
May 15, 2008

In this testimony delivered before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment; Amos Guiora, a Professor of Law at the S.J.Quinney College of Law, University of Utah addresses the requirements needed to shape a resilient homeland in a post-9/11 society and built on the ideas discussed in the Mercatus primer; “A Framework for Evaluating Counterterrorism Regulations” that he co-authored. 

Mercatus on Policy - Ending Translucent Government: Putting Government Data Online

Mercatus On Policy
Jerry Brito
April 28, 2008

Mercatus Senior Research Fellow Jerry Brito examines government transparency regulation and the need for greater access to public information online.

Mercatus Reports: Spring 2008 - Free Sex Chat?

News Articles and Op-Eds
Christopher Hixon
April 22, 2008

This report in the Spring 2008 issue of Regulation discusses the Federal Communications Commission regulations that determine the fees that local telephone carriers can charge long-distance carriers for calls originating from the long-distance carrier's network and how these regulations are taken advantage of by operators of sex chat lines, conference bridges, and other high call volume operations at the expense of the consumer.

Mercatus Reports: Spring 2008 - Bush at Midnight

News Articles and Op-Eds
Veronique de Rugy
April 22, 2008

This report in the Spring 2008 issue of Regulation discusses midnight regulations and the Bush Administration.

The Law & Economics of Subprime Lending

Working Papers
Todd Zywicki, Joseph Adamson
April 15, 2008

In this working paper, Mercatus Center Senior Scholar Todd J. Zywicki and Mercatus Center Research Associate Joseph Adamson address the current concerns with the subprime mortgage market. The paper explores the economics of subprime lending and home buying by reviewing the theories and evidence regarding the causes of the turmoil in the subprime market.

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Recent Events

Access Academia: Out of the Ivory Tower and onto the Hill

Start: January 24, 2007 11:30 AM

The Mercatus Center hosted an exclusive series of welcome events for the staff of the 110^th Congress.

The Crisis in Public Safety Communications

Start: December 8, 2006 08:00 AM

This symposium brings together prominent scholars, policymakers, and industry officials to discuss solutions to the deadly serious interoperability problems facing emergency personnel across the country.

Anticompetitive Barriers to E-Commerce: A Symposium

Start: May 24, 2006 08:00 AM

Mercatus Center at George Mason University, in collaboration with the George Mason University School of Law, is holding a day-long symposium to allow prominent legal and economic scholars to present papers on current issues in E-Commerce.

For more information about this program, contact:
Christopher Hixon
703-993-4930
chixon@gmu.edu