1st Edition

Rules in the Making A Statistical Analysis of Regulatory Agency Behavior

202 Pages
by RFF Press

182 Pages
by RFF Press

Rules in the Making represents an attempt to revolutionize ways of thinking about regulatory decision-making. The book tries to show that statistical methodologies can be used to determine what factors are important in the establishment of government regulation by developing a mathematical model of the regulatory process and agency behavior. The model is then tested using a case study of the... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Agency Rulemaking; Chapter 3 Informal Rulemaking in Practice: BPT Standards; Chapter 4 Rulemaking Theories and Hypotheses; Chapter 5 Methodological Issues; Chapter 6 Analysis and Findings; Chapter 7 Further Implications of the Research Findings;

Biography

Winston Harrington, Wesley Magat, Alan J. Krupnick