July 18, 2012
The "Midnight Regulations" Phenomenon
Patrick McLaughlin
Senior Research Fellow
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To speak with a scholar or learn more on this topic, visit our contact page.In this Capitol Hill Campus event, Mercatus scholar Patrick McLaughlin provided an overview on midnight regulations:
- What exactly is the “midnight regulations” phenomenon, and what evidence demonstrates that it is real?
- Why should policymakers be concerned about midnight regulations?
- Is there empirical evidence that midnight regulations are different from other regulations?
- What can be done to limit midnight regulations?