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Measuring Regulatory Accumulation in the US States
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Regulatory Reform Can Take Mississippi to Mars
Broughel and Latino explain how much richer Mississippi would be without regulatory growth. Read more at the Daily Journal.
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Measuring a Contract's Breadth: A Text Analysis
We use a computational linguistic algorithm to measure the topics covered in the text of school teacher contracts in Ohio. We
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Validating Readability and Complexity Metrics: A New Dataset of Before-and-After Laws
If algorithms are to be the policy analysts of the future, the policy metrics they produce will require careful validation. This
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Democratizing Policy Analytics with AutoML
Machine learning methods have made significant inroads in the social sciences. Computer algorithms now help scholars design cost
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How to Improve Data Validation in Five Steps
Social scientists are awash with new data sources. Though data preprocessing and storage methods have developed considerably
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Man vs. Machine
For researchers of state regulatory policy, the difficulty of gathering data has long presented an obstacle. This study compares
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Towards a Formalization of Policy Analytics
A relatively new field within economics, policy analytics has experienced rapid growth and yielded insights in many disciplines
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Using Machine Learning to Capture Heterogeneity in Trade Agreements
In this paper, we employ machine learning techniques to capture heterogeneity in free trade agreements. The tools of machine
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Constructing a Red Tape Reduction Executive Order
The term “red tape” describes outdated, unnecessary, or otherwise excessively burdensome regulations that do more harm than good
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A Sensible Sunset Review Process for Kansas
Chair Estes, Vice Chair Olson, Ranking Member Faust-Goudeau, and members of the committee:My name is James Broughel, and I am a
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A Snapshot of Regulation in Rocky Mountain States
This policy brief uses RegData, an innovative tool from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, to summarize and
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A Regulatory Fresh Start
For government regulations to serve the public good, it is essential that they be reviewed occasionally to ensure they are cost

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Administrative Rule Reform in Oklahoma
Chair Jech, Chair Gann, and members of the committees:Good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today regarding the
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Most 'regulated state' in the South: Mississippi needs to dump red tape
James Broughel and Brett Kittredge discuss the regulatory impact in Mississippi and how cutting regulations would allow for
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How Agencies Can Help Small Business
Richard Williams evaluates the different ways government agencies can reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses.Read more
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Dispelling Myths in the War Against the Regulatory State
Patrick McLaughlin and Casey Mulligan discusses how the coronavirus pandemic demonstrates the need for regulatory reform.Read
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Economic Recovery After a Pandemic — the Case for Small Business Exemptions
Patrick McLaughlin and Tyler Richards discuss how easing the regulatory burden on small businesses can help during the
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Accounting for the Opportunity Cost of Capital in Cost-Benefit Analysis: Public Interest Comment on the Marginal Excess Tax Burden as a Potential Cost under Executive Order 13771
This comment presents a framework for how the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) should be thinking about the opportunity
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Regulatory Review Commission + Regulatory Budget = A Diet for Better, More Effective Regulations
All regulations, however well intended, create unintended consequences. Regulatory accumulation (that is, the buildup of rules