How to Improve Allocations of Regulatory Authority
Center for Progressive Reform 2019-10-23
Summary:
Government regulation serves a critical role in promoting the public interest by restricting activities that threaten health, safety, and the environment. Studies indicate that the monetized aggregate benefits provided by federal regulation consistently exceed its costs. Notwithstanding these truths, it is nonetheless also the case that many regulatory programs have been unable to entirely achieve the ends for which policymakers established them.