Christopher Koopman
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Former Senior Affiliated ScholarExecutive Director, Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University
Christopher Koopman is a former Senior Affiliated Scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the Executive Director of the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University, and member of the IT & Emerging Technology Working Group at the Federalist Society’s Regulatory Transparency Project.
He specializes in regulation, competition, and innovation. His research and commentary has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Bloomberg, and NPR. He is also a contributor at The Hill, and was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 2016 for law and policy.
Prior to joining the Center for Growth and Opportunity, Koopman was a senior research fellow and director of the Technology Policy Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Koopman earned his J.D. from Ave Maria University and his LL.M. in law and economics at George Mason University.
Latest Work
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- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Federal Testimonies Federal Testimonies
Creating an Environment for Permissionless Innovation
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- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Informational Injury in FTC Privacy and Data Security Cases
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- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
The Failure of West Virginia’s Certificate-of-Need Program
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- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
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Reforming Craft Brewing Laws in Nebraska
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- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
The Regulation of Taxi and Limousine Industries in Pennsylvania
Creating a Regime that Encourages Competition, Enables Innovation, and Protects Consumers -
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Comments regarding Occupational Licensing in North Carolina
Testimony before the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee, Subcommittee on Occupational Licensing Board Oversight -
- | Regulation Regulation
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Testimony on South Carolina's Certificate-of-Need Laws
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- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
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The Sharing Economy: Issues Facing Platforms, Participants, and Regulators
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- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Certificate-of-Need Laws: Implications for New Hampshire
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- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations-Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description
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- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Public Interest Comment on Consumer Protection, Ticket Bots, and the Better Online Ticket Sales (BOTS) Act
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- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
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Don’t Fret the Lame Duck
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- | Regulation Regulation
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Don’t Lock out the Next Generation of Green Tech
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- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
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The Risk of Risk Aversion at the Federal Aviation Administration
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- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
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Trump’s Inside-Out Approach to 5G, Infrastructure
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- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
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Atlanta Airport Shutdown a Call to Make Christmas a Season for (Flight) Sharing
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- | Antitrust and Competition Antitrust and Competition
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AIM's Demise Illustrates the Fluidity of the Tech Market
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- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
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Ignoring the Future Won't Forestall It
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- | Regulation Regulation
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Flint Crisis Shows Misplaced Trust
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- | Housing Housing
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Mercatus Scholars Encourage Supreme Court to Examine Zoning Regulations