Regulatory Accumulation

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Measuring Regulatory Accumulation in the US States

• • Patrick McLaughlin
• July 26, 2022

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Regulatory Reform Can Take Mississippi to Mars

• • James Broughel
  • Russ Latino
• March 26, 2021

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

• • Joshua C. Hall
  • Bryan McCannon
  • Yang Zhou
• March 25, 2021

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

• • Wolfgang Alschner
• March 25, 2021

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

• • Danilo Friere
• March 25, 2021

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

• • Danilo Friere
• March 25, 2021

Social scientists are awash with new data sources. Though data preprocessing and storage methods have developed considerably

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Man vs. Machine

• • Edward J. Timmons
• March 25, 2021

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

• • Dustin Chambers
• March 25, 2021

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

• • Scott Baier
  • Narendra Regmi
• March 25, 2021

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

• • James Broughel
• February 10, 2021

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

• • James Broughel
• January 26, 2021

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

• • James Broughel
  • Kofi Ampaabeng
• October 31, 2020

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

• • Patrick McLaughlin
  • Matthew D. Mitchell
  • Adam Thierer
• October 2, 2020

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

• • James Broughel
• September 22, 2020

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
  • Brett Kittredge
• July 7, 2020

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 A. Williams
• June 16, 2020

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
  • Casey B. Mulligan
• May 29, 2020

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
  • Tyler Richards
• May 12, 2020

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

• • James Broughel
• February 20, 2020

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

• • Patrick McLaughlin
  • Tyler Richards
• November 12, 2019

All regulations, however well intended, create unintended consequences. Regulatory accumulation (that is, the buildup of rules

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