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Jerry Ellig

George Mason University - Mercatus Center

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1.

Net Neutrality Regulation: The Economic Evidence

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
Jerry Brito, Martin E. Cave, Robert W. Crandall, Larry F. Darby, Everett Ehrlich, Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Jerry Ellig, Henry Ergas, David J. Farber, Gerald R. Faulhaber, Robert W. Hahn, Alfred E. Kahn, Wayne A. Leighton, Robert E. Litan, Glen O. Robinson, Hal J. Singer, Vernon L. Smith, William E. Taylor, Timothy J. Tardiff, Leonard Waverman and Dennis Weisman
George Mason University - Mercatus Center, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School, Brookings Institution, The American Consumer Institute, ESC Company, NERA Economic Consulting, George Mason University - Mercatus Center, University of Wollongong - SMART Infrastructure Facility, Carnegie Mellon University - School of Computer Science, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton School, University of Oxford, Smith School, National Economic Research Associates Inc. (NERA) (Deceased), Francisco Marroquin University, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) - Council on Foreign Relations- Washington D.C., University of Virginia School of Law, Economists Incorporated, Chapman University - Economic Science Institute, Marsh & McLennan Companies - Cambridge Office, Advanced Analytical Consulting Group, London Business School and Kansas State University - Department of Economics
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net neutrality, FCC, Internet, broadband, regulation

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Video Killed the Franchise Star: The Consumer Cost of Cable Franchising and Policy Alternatives

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Video Killed the Franchise Star: The Consumer Cost of Cable Franchising and Policy Alternatives

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 02 Apr 2006
Jerry Brito and Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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cable, franchising, fcc, video, television, franchise

Video Killed the Franchise Star: The Consumer Cost of Cable Franchising and Policy Alternatives

Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Vol. 5, p. 199, 2006
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 03 Nov 2006
Jerry Brito and Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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cable, franchising, FCC, video, television, franchise

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How Many Bottles Make a Case Against Prohibition? Online Wine and Virginia's Direct Shipment Ban

FTC Bureau of Economics Working Paper No. 258
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Jul 2003
Alan E. Wiseman and Jerry Ellig
Vanderbilt University - Department of Political Science and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
Downloads 152 (168,537)
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wine, interstate, e-commerce, Internet, direct shipping, alcohol, 21st Amendment, federalism, franchise, monopoly, competition, retail, wholesale, Virginia, vertical integration, prohibition, temperance

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Talking the Talk, or Walking the Walk? Outcome-Based Regulation of Transnational Investment

New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, Vol. 6, pp. 265-340 (2009)
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 25 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2009
Jerry Ellig and Houman B. Shadab
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and New York Law School
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mutual recognition, investor protection, securities and exchange commission, regulatory competition, substituted compliance, international diversification

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Regulatory Status of VoIP in the Post-Brand X World

Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 89-133, 2006
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Apr 2007
Jerry Ellig and Alastair Walling
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Internet, telephone, telecommuncations, universal service, VoIP

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The Quality and Use of Regulatory Analysis in 2008

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Jul 2010
Jerry Ellig and Patrick A. McLaughlin
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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regulatory impact analysis, benefit-cost, regulation, cost-benefit analysis, regulatory process, regulatory reform

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Costs and Consequences of Federal Telecommunications Regulations

Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 58, No.1, pp. 37-102, January 2006
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 25 Apr 2007
Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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telecommunications, telephone, regulation, costs, benefits, outcomes, long-distance, universal service, wireless, spectrum

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Homeland Security and Regulatory Analysis: Are We Safe Yet?

Rutgers Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 06 Sep 2008
Jamie L. Belcore and Jerry Ellig
affiliation not provided to SSRN and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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homeland security, security, cost-benefit, regulation, DHS

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Legislative Action, Market Reaction and Interstate Commerce: Results of Virginia's Natural Experiment with Direct Wine Shipment

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Nov 2005
Alan E. Wiseman and Jerry Ellig
Vanderbilt University - Department of Political Science and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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wine, direct shipment, alcohol, electronic commerce, Supreme Court, Commerce Clause, franchising

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Buried Online: State Laws that Limit E-Commerce in Caskets

Elder Law Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 283-330, 2006
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 26 Apr 2007
Jerry Ellig and Asheesh Agarwal
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Government of the United States of America - U.S. Attorney's Office
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casket, electronic commerce, Internet, rational basis

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Costs and Consequences

Regulation, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 40-44, Fall 2005
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 13 Oct 2005
Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
Downloads 57 (313,685)
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Federal Communications Commission, FCC, telecommunications, broadband, broadband regulation, federal telecommunications regulation, telecom

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What Did the Unbundled Network Element Platform Cost?

CommLaw Conspectus - Journal of Communications Law and Policy, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 1-38, 2005
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Apr 2007
Jerry Ellig and James Nicholas Taylor
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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telecommunications, telephone, competition, unbundled, UNE-P

13.

Does Haste Make Waste in Regulatory Analysis?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Jul 2010
Patrick A. McLaughlin and Jerry Ellig
Mercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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regulation, economic analysis, regulatory quality, midnight regulations

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The Irony of Transparency: Unintended Consequences of Wireless Truth-in-Billing

Loyola Consumer Law Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 43-69, 2006
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Apr 2007
Jerry Ellig and James Nicholas Taylor
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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wireless, telephone, telecommunications, truth-in-billing, universal service

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Intercarrier Compensation and Consumer Welfare

University of Illinois Journal of Law, Technology, & Policy, Vol. 1, pp. 97-124, 2005
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Apr 2007
Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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intercarrier, telephone, long-distance, universal service

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Has GPRA Increased the Availability and Use of Performance Information?

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Mar 2009
Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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GPRA, performance, government performance measures, performance management, performance measurement, bureaucracy

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SEC Regulatory Analysis: 'A Long Way to Go and a Short Time to Get There'

Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial, & Commercial Law 8:2 (Spring 2014), 361-437
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 24 Aug 2014
Jerry Ellig and Hester Peirce
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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financial markets, financial regulation, securities, securities regulation, regulatory impact analysis,cost-benefit analysis, judicial review, Securities and Exchange Commission

18.

Intercarrier Compensation and Universal Service

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 11 Mar 2009
Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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telephone, telecommunications, universal service, high cost, rural phone service, cross-subsidies

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Regulatory Process, Regulatory Reform, and the Quality of Regulatory Impact Analysis

Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 7:3 (October 2016), pp. 523-59
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 20 Nov 2016
Jerry Ellig and Rosemarie Fike
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Texas Christian University
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regulation, regulatory reform, regulatory process, benefit-cost analysis, cost-benefit, regulatory impact analysis, regulatory review

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Price Effects and the Commerce Clause: The Case of State Wine Shipping Laws

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Price Effects and the Commerce Clause: The Case of State Wine Shipping Laws

Vanderbilt University Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions Working Paper No. 08-2012
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Dec 2012
Jerry Ellig and Alan E. Wiseman
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Vanderbilt University - Department of Political Science
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commerce clause, wine, direct shipment, alcohol, three-tier system

Price Effects and the Commerce Clause: The Case of State Wine Shipping Laws

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp. 196-229, 2013
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2013
Jerry Ellig and Alan E. Wiseman
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Vanderbilt University - Department of Political Science
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Reforming Regulatory Analysis, Review, and Oversight: A Guide for the Perplexed

Mercatus Center at George Mason University Working Paper No. 14-23
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Aug 2014
Jerry Ellig and Richard Williams
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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administrative procedure, Administrative Procedure Act, regulation, regulatory reform, regulatory process, benefit-cost analysis, cost-benefit, regulatory impact analysis, regulatory review

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The Business of Government and Government as a Business

A NATION IN DEBT: ECONOMISTS DEBATE THE FEDERAL DEFICIT, pp. 271-286, Richard H. Fink and Jack C. High, eds., University Publications of America, 1987
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Jan 2010
Peter J. Boettke and Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Public Goods

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The Politics of Wine: Trade Barriers, Interest Groups, and the Commerce Clause

Journal of Politics, Vol. 69, Issue 3, pp. 859-875, August 2007
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Dec 2007
Alan E. Wiseman and Jerry Ellig
Vanderbilt University - Department of Political Science and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Presidential Priorities, Congressional Control, and the Quality of Regulatory Analysis: An Application to Health Care and Homeland Security

Public Choice, Volume 161 (December 2014): 305-320.
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2014
Jerry Ellig and Christopher J. Conover
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Duke University - Center for Health Policy, Law and Management
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regulation, regulatory impact analysis, cost-benefit, homeland security, health care, principal-agent

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Regulatory Reform in Florida: An Opportunity for Greater Competitiveness and Economic Efficiency

Florida State University Business Review 13:1, pp. 95-130, Spring 2014, Mercatus Center at George Mason University Working Paper No. 14-09
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Aug 2014
Patrick A. McLaughlin, Jerry Ellig and Dima Shamoun
Mercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Regulatory reform, occupational licensing, regulations, Florida, entrepreneurs, economic efficiency

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Improving Regulatory Impact Analysis Through Process Reform: Testimony Before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 24 Aug 2014
Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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regulation, regulatory impact analysis, cost-benefit andlysis, benefit-cost analysis, regulatory reform

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Ten Years of Results from the Results Act

Mercatus Center at George Mason University Working Paper No. 10-21
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Aug 2014
Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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government accountability, government performance, performance management, bureaucracy, management, public administration, Government Performance and Results Act, Results Act, budget

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Beware the Rush to Presumption, Part A: Material Omissions in Regulatory Analyses for the Affordable Care Act's Interim Final Rules

Number of pages: 98 Posted: 27 Aug 2014
Christopher J. Conover and Jerry Ellig
Duke University - Center for Health Policy, Law and Management and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Affordable Care Act, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Regulatory Impact Analysis, health, health care, health reform, health insurance

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Beware the Rush to Presumption, Part C: A Public Choice Analysis of the Affordable Care Act's Interim Final Rules

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Aug 2014
Christopher J. Conover and Jerry Ellig
Duke University - Center for Health Policy, Law and Management and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Affordable Care Act, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Regulatory Impact Analysis, health, health care, health reform, health insurance

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Recovery Act Oversight - Written Testimony

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 24 Aug 2014
Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Recovery Act, stimulus, performance mesurement, outcomes

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Beware the Rush to Presumption, Part B: Substandard Regulatory Analyses for the Affordable Care Act's Interim Final Rules

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Aug 2014
Jerry Ellig and Christopher J. Conover
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Duke University - Center for Health Policy, Law and Management
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Affordable Care Act, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Regulatory Impact Analysis, health, health care, health reform, health insurance

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Judicial Review of Regulatory Impact Analysis: Why Not the Best?

Administrative Law Review, Vol. 69, No. 4, 2017
Number of pages: 112 Posted: 17 Apr 2017
Reeve Bull and Jerry Ellig
Administrative Conference of the United States and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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regulatory impact analysis, judicial review, administrative procedure act, benefit-cost analysis, economic analysis

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Improvements in SEC Economic Analysis Since Business Roundtable: A Structured Assessment

Jerry Ellig. “ Improve ments in SEC Economic Analysis s ince Business Roundtable: A Structured Assessment.” Mercatus Working Paper, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Arlington, VA, December 2016.,
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Dec 2016
Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Securities and Exchange Commission, financial regulation, Dodd-Frank, administrative procedure, Administrative Procedure Act, regulation, regulatory reform, regulatory process, benefit-cost analysis, cost-benefit, regulatory impact analysis, regulatory review, judicial review

34.

The Regulatory Determinants of Railroad Safety

Review of Industrial Organization, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2016
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 14 Nov 2016
Jerry Ellig and Patrick A. McLaughlin
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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railroad, railroad safety, regulation, safety regulation, Staggers Act, RegData

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Preventing a Regulatory Train Wreck: Mandated Regulation and the Cautionary Tale of Positive Train Control

Mercatus Working Paper, 2016
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Aug 2016
Jerry Ellig and Michael Horney
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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regulation, regulatory impact analysis, regulatory analysis, benefit-cost analysis, cost-benefit analysis, positive train control, railroad, administrative law

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Evaluating the Quality and Use of Regulatory Impact Analysis: The Mercatus Center's Regulatory Report Card, 2008-2013

Mercatus, 2016
Number of pages: 111 Posted: 12 Aug 2016
Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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administrative procedure, Administrative Procedure Act, regulation, regulatory reform,regulatory process, benefit-cost analysis, cost-benefit, regulatory impact analysis, regulatory review

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Does OIRA Review Improve the Quality of Regulatory Impact Analysis? Evidence from the Final Year of the Bush II Administration

Administrative Law Review, Vol. 63, 2011
Posted: 24 Aug 2014
Jerry Ellig and Patrick A. McLaughlin
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Mercatus Center at George Mason University

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administrative law, administrative procedure, OIRA, cost-benefit analysis, benefit-cost analysis, regulatory impact analysis, Bush, executive orders, regulatory review

38.

Continuity, Change, and Priorities: The Quality and Use of Regulatory Analysis Across US Administrations

"Continuity, Change, and Priorities: The Quality and Use of Regulatory Analysis Across US Administrations," Regulation & Governance 7 (2013), 153-73.
Posted: 24 Aug 2014
Jerry Ellig, Patrick A. McLaughlin and John Morrall
George Mason University - Mercatus Center, Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Mercatus Center at George Mason University

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benefit-cost analysis, cost-benefit, regulation, regulatory impact analysis, regulatory review

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Performance Measures for the High Cost Universal Service Fund

Posted: 12 Mar 2009
Jerry Ellig
George Mason University - Mercatus Center

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telecommunications, broadband, universal service, performance measures, high cost fund, Federal Communications Commission

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Toward a More Perfect Union: Regulatory Analysis and Performance Management

Florida State Business Law Review, Vol. 8, 2008
Posted: 23 Sep 2008
Jerry Ellig and Jerry Brito
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and George Mason University - Mercatus Center

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performance management, regulatory review, oira, regulation, benefit-cost, gpra, omb

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Financial Markets as Information Monopolies?

Regulation, Vol. 23, No. 3, 2000
Posted: 26 Jan 2001
Sharon Brown-Hruska and Jerry Ellig
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and George Mason University - Mercatus Center

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