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September 27, 2012 - September 28, 2012 - "Regulation's Impact on Jobs: Economic Analysis and Institutional Reform"
A Penn Program on Regulation Conference was held discussing regulation's effect on employment. There is a widely held belief that regulation halts or even decreases job growth, when actually the reality is much more complex. The relationship between regulation and employment has been much debated, with few politicians fully being able to realize regulation's potential effects to actually spur employment. The federal government has mandated that regulatory agencies provide a report to investigate the potential effects for specific regulatory measures on various aspects of employment, but these analyses are often not able to ascertain the full implications of regulation or are done as a cursory measure. The conference's aims were to be able to discuss practical effects of regulation on employment without being hindered by partisan debate. Conference participants included Mickey Edwards, Director of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Al McGartland of the US EPA; Ann Ferris of the US EPA; Susan Dudley a professor at George Washington University and Former Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Lisa Robinson from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Julie Hewitt from the US EPA; Paul Noe from the American Forest & Paper Association; David Goldston from the Natural Resources Defense Council; Sarah Stafford, Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Law at the College of William and Mary; Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy at Duke Law; Joseph Aldy, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Faculty Chair for Regulatory Policy Program within the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government; Chris Carrigan, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration; Cary Coglianese from Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; E. Donald Elliott, Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, chairing the firm’s Environment, Health and Safety Department; Rolf Färe, Professor of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University; Adam Finkel, Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; Wayne Gray, Professor of Economics at Clark University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Executive Director of the Boston Research Data Center of the United States Census Bureau; Shawna Grosskopf, Professor of Economics at Oregon State University; Michael Livermore, founding executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Brian Mannix, visiting scholar at the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University, founder of Tamer Trading Technologies, President of Buckland Mill Associates, Economic Consultants; Jonathan Masur, Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Chicago School of Law; Richard Morgenstern, Resources for the Future, previously Senior Economic Counselor to the Undersecretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, previously Deputy Administrator of the US EPA, and previously a professor at the City University of New York; Carl Pasurka, US EPA; William Pizer, professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and a faculty fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and previously Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Jason Schwartz, adjunct professor for clinical law at New York University and Legal Director for the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Ron Shadbegian, US EPA; and Stuart Shapiro, Associate Professor and Director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. The conference was held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was based on a previous PPR-hosted workshop in Washington, D.C. on the same subject.

September 27, 2012 - September 28, 2012 - "Regulation's Impact on Jobs: Economic Analysis and Institutional Reform"
A Penn Program on Regulation Conference was held discussing regulation's effect on employment. There is a widely held belief that regulation halts or even decreases job growth, when actually the reality is much more complex. The relationship between regulation and employment has been much debated, with few politicians fully being able to realize regulation's potential effects to actually spur employment. The federal government has mandated that regulatory agencies provide a report to investigate the potential effects for specific regulatory measures on various aspects of employment, but these analyses are often not able to ascertain the full implications of regulation or are done as a cursory measure. The conference's aims were to be able to discuss practical effects of regulation on employment without being hindered by partisan debate. Conference participants included Mickey Edwards, Director of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Al McGartland of the US EPA; Ann Ferris of the US EPA; Susan Dudley a professor at George Washington University and Former Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Lisa Robinson from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Julie Hewitt from the US EPA; Paul Noe from the American Forest & Paper Association; David Goldston from the Natural Resources Defense Council; Sarah Stafford, Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Law at the College of William and Mary; Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy at Duke Law; Joseph Aldy, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Faculty Chair for Regulatory Policy Program within the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government; Chris Carrigan, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration; Cary Coglianese from Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; E. Donald Elliott, Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, chairing the firm’s Environment, Health and Safety Department; Rolf Färe, Professor of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University; Adam Finkel, Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; Wayne Gray, Professor of Economics at Clark University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Executive Director of the Boston Research Data Center of the United States Census Bureau; Shawna Grosskopf, Professor of Economics at Oregon State University; Michael Livermore, founding executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Brian Mannix, visiting scholar at the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University, founder of Tamer Trading Technologies, President of Buckland Mill Associates, Economic Consultants; Jonathan Masur, Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Chicago School of Law; Richard Morgenstern, Resources for the Future, previously Senior Economic Counselor to the Undersecretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, previously Deputy Administrator of the US EPA, and previously a professor at the City University of New York; Carl Pasurka, US EPA; William Pizer, professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and a faculty fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and previously Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Jason Schwartz, adjunct professor for clinical law at New York University and Legal Director for the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Ron Shadbegian, US EPA; and Stuart Shapiro, Associate Professor and Director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. The conference was held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was based on a previous PPR-hosted workshop in Washington, D.C. on the same subject.

September 27, 2012 - September 28, 2012 - "Regulation's Impact on Jobs: Economic Analysis and Institutional Reform"
A Penn Program on Regulation Conference was held discussing regulation's effect on employment. There is a widely held belief that regulation halts or even decreases job growth, when actually the reality is much more complex. The relationship between regulation and employment has been much debated, with few politicians fully being able to realize regulation's potential effects to actually spur employment. The federal government has mandated that regulatory agencies provide a report to investigate the potential effects for specific regulatory measures on various aspects of employment, but these analyses are often not able to ascertain the full implications of regulation or are done as a cursory measure. The conference's aims were to be able to discuss practical effects of regulation on employment without being hindered by partisan debate. Conference participants included Mickey Edwards, Director of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Al McGartland of the US EPA; Ann Ferris of the US EPA; Susan Dudley a professor at George Washington University and Former Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Lisa Robinson from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Julie Hewitt from the US EPA; Paul Noe from the American Forest & Paper Association; David Goldston from the Natural Resources Defense Council; Sarah Stafford, Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Law at the College of William and Mary; Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy at Duke Law; Joseph Aldy, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Faculty Chair for Regulatory Policy Program within the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government; Chris Carrigan, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration; Cary Coglianese from Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; E. Donald Elliott, Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, chairing the firm’s Environment, Health and Safety Department; Rolf Färe, Professor of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University; Adam Finkel, Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; Wayne Gray, Professor of Economics at Clark University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Executive Director of the Boston Research Data Center of the United States Census Bureau; Shawna Grosskopf, Professor of Economics at Oregon State University; Michael Livermore, founding executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Brian Mannix, visiting scholar at the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University, founder of Tamer Trading Technologies, President of Buckland Mill Associates, Economic Consultants; Jonathan Masur, Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Chicago School of Law; Richard Morgenstern, Resources for the Future, previously Senior Economic Counselor to the Undersecretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, previously Deputy Administrator of the US EPA, and previously a professor at the City University of New York; Carl Pasurka, US EPA; William Pizer, professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and a faculty fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and previously Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Jason Schwartz, adjunct professor for clinical law at New York University and Legal Director for the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Ron Shadbegian, US EPA; and Stuart Shapiro, Associate Professor and Director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. The conference was held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was based on a previous PPR-hosted workshop in Washington, D.C. on the same subject.

September 27, 2012 - September 28, 2012 - "Regulation's Impact on Jobs: Economic Analysis and Institutional Reform"
A Penn Program on Regulation Conference was held discussing regulation's effect on employment. There is a widely held belief that regulation halts or even decreases job growth, when actually the reality is much more complex. The relationship between regulation and employment has been much debated, with few politicians fully being able to realize regulation's potential effects to actually spur employment. The federal government has mandated that regulatory agencies provide a report to investigate the potential effects for specific regulatory measures on various aspects of employment, but these analyses are often not able to ascertain the full implications of regulation or are done as a cursory measure. The conference's aims were to be able to discuss practical effects of regulation on employment without being hindered by partisan debate. Conference participants included Mickey Edwards, Director of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Al McGartland of the US EPA; Ann Ferris of the US EPA; Susan Dudley a professor at George Washington University and Former Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Lisa Robinson from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Julie Hewitt from the US EPA; Paul Noe from the American Forest & Paper Association; David Goldston from the Natural Resources Defense Council; Sarah Stafford, Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Law at the College of William and Mary; Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy at Duke Law; Joseph Aldy, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Faculty Chair for Regulatory Policy Program within the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government; Chris Carrigan, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration; Cary Coglianese from Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; E. Donald Elliott, Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, chairing the firm’s Environment, Health and Safety Department; Rolf Färe, Professor of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University; Adam Finkel, Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; Wayne Gray, Professor of Economics at Clark University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Executive Director of the Boston Research Data Center of the United States Census Bureau; Shawna Grosskopf, Professor of Economics at Oregon State University; Michael Livermore, founding executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Brian Mannix, visiting scholar at the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University, founder of Tamer Trading Technologies, President of Buckland Mill Associates, Economic Consultants; Jonathan Masur, Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Chicago School of Law; Richard Morgenstern, Resources for the Future, previously Senior Economic Counselor to the Undersecretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, previously Deputy Administrator of the US EPA, and previously a professor at the City University of New York; Carl Pasurka, US EPA; William Pizer, professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and a faculty fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and previously Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Jason Schwartz, adjunct professor for clinical law at New York University and Legal Director for the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Ron Shadbegian, US EPA; and Stuart Shapiro, Associate Professor and Director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. The conference was held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was based on a previous PPR-hosted workshop in Washington, D.C. on the same subject.

September 27, 2012 - September 28, 2012 - "Regulation's Impact on Jobs: Economic Analysis and Institutional Reform" A Penn Program on Regulation Conference was held discussing regulation's effect on employment. There is a widely held belief that regulation halts or even decreases job growth, when actually the reality is much more complex. The relationship between regulation and employment has been much debated, with few politicians fully being able to realize regulation's potential effects to actually spur employment. The federal government has mandated that regulatory agencies provide a report to investigate the potential effects for specific regulatory measures on various aspects of employment, but these analyses are often not able to ascertain the full implications of regulation or are done as a cursory measure. The conference's aims were to be able to discuss practical effects of regulation on employment without being hindered by partisan debate. Conference participants included Mickey Edwards, Director of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Al McGartland of the US EPA; Ann Ferris of the US EPA; Susan Dudley a professor at George Washington University and Former Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Lisa Robinson from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Julie Hewitt from the US EPA; Paul Noe from the American Forest & Paper Association; David Goldston from the Natural Resources Defense Council; Sarah Stafford, Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Law at the College of William and Mary; Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy at Duke Law; Joseph Aldy, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Faculty Chair for Regulatory Policy Program within the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government; Chris Carrigan, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration; Cary Coglianese from Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; E. Donald Elliott, Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, chairing the firm’s Environment, Health and Safety Department; Rolf Färe, Professor of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University; Adam Finkel, Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; Wayne Gray, Professor of Economics at Clark University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Executive Director of the Boston Research Data Center of the United States Census Bureau; Shawna Grosskopf, Professor of Economics at Oregon State University; Michael Livermore, founding executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Brian Mannix, visiting scholar at the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University, founder of Tamer Trading Technologies, President of Buckland Mill Associates, Economic Consultants; Jonathan Masur, Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Chicago School of Law; Richard Morgenstern, Resources for the Future, previously Senior Economic Counselor to the Undersecretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, previously Deputy Administrator of the US EPA, and previously a professor at the City University of New York; Carl Pasurka, US EPA; William Pizer, professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and a faculty fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and previously Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Jason Schwartz, adjunct professor for clinical law at New York University and Legal Director for the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Ron Shadbegian, US EPA; and Stuart Shapiro, Associate Professor and Director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. The conference was held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was based on a previous PPR-hosted workshop in Washington, D.C. on the same subject.

September 27, 2012 - September 28, 2012 - "Regulation's Impact on Jobs: Economic Analysis and Institutional Reform" A Penn Program on Regulation Conference was held discussing regulation's effect on employment. There is a widely held belief that regulation halts or even decreases job growth, when actually the reality is much more complex. The relationship between regulation and employment has been much debated, with few politicians fully being able to realize regulation's potential effects to actually spur employment. The federal government has mandated that regulatory agencies provide a report to investigate the potential effects for specific regulatory measures on various aspects of employment, but these analyses are often not able to ascertain the full implications of regulation or are done as a cursory measure. The conference's aims were to be able to discuss practical effects of regulation on employment without being hindered by partisan debate. Conference participants included Mickey Edwards, Director of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Al McGartland of the US EPA; Ann Ferris of the US EPA; Susan Dudley a professor at George Washington University and Former Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Lisa Robinson from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Julie Hewitt from the US EPA; Paul Noe from the American Forest & Paper Association; David Goldston from the Natural Resources Defense Council; Sarah Stafford, Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Law at the College of William and Mary; Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy at Duke Law; Joseph Aldy, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Faculty Chair for Regulatory Policy Program within the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government; Chris Carrigan, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration; Cary Coglianese from Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; E. Donald Elliott, Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, chairing the firm’s Environment, Health and Safety Department; Rolf Färe, Professor of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University; Adam Finkel, Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; Wayne Gray, Professor of Economics at Clark University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Executive Director of the Boston Research Data Center of the United States Census Bureau; Shawna Grosskopf, Professor of Economics at Oregon State University; Michael Livermore, founding executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Brian Mannix, visiting scholar at the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University, founder of Tamer Trading Technologies, President of Buckland Mill Associates, Economic Consultants; Jonathan Masur, Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Chicago School of Law; Richard Morgenstern, Resources for the Future, previously Senior Economic Counselor to the Undersecretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, previously Deputy Administrator of the US EPA, and previously a professor at the City University of New York; Carl Pasurka, US EPA; William Pizer, professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and a faculty fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and previously Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Jason Schwartz, adjunct professor for clinical law at New York University and Legal Director for the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Ron Shadbegian, US EPA; and Stuart Shapiro, Associate Professor and Director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. The conference was held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was based on a previous PPR-hosted workshop in Washington, D.C. on the same subject.

September 27, 2012 - September 28, 2012 - "Regulation's Impact on Jobs: Economic Analysis and Institutional Reform"
A Penn Program on Regulation Conference was held discussing regulation's effect on employment. There is a widely held belief that regulation halts or even decreases job growth, when actually the reality is much more complex. The relationship between regulation and employment has been much debated, with few politicians fully being able to realize regulation's potential effects to actually spur employment. The federal government has mandated that regulatory agencies provide a report to investigate the potential effects for specific regulatory measures on various aspects of employment, but these analyses are often not able to ascertain the full implications of regulation or are done as a cursory measure. The conference's aims were to be able to discuss practical effects of regulation on employment without being hindered by partisan debate. Conference participants included Mickey Edwards, Director of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Al McGartland of the US EPA; Ann Ferris of the US EPA; Susan Dudley a professor at George Washington University and Former Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Lisa Robinson from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Julie Hewitt from the US EPA; Paul Noe from the American Forest & Paper Association; David Goldston from the Natural Resources Defense Council; Sarah Stafford, Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Law at the College of William and Mary; Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy at Duke Law; Joseph Aldy, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Faculty Chair for Regulatory Policy Program within the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government; Chris Carrigan, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration; Cary Coglianese from Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; E. Donald Elliott, Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, chairing the firm’s Environment, Health and Safety Department; Rolf Färe, Professor of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University; Adam Finkel, Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; Wayne Gray, Professor of Economics at Clark University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Executive Director of the Boston Research Data Center of the United States Census Bureau; Shawna Grosskopf, Professor of Economics at Oregon State University; Michael Livermore, founding executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Brian Mannix, visiting scholar at the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University, founder of Tamer Trading Technologies, President of Buckland Mill Associates, Economic Consultants; Jonathan Masur, Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Chicago School of Law; Richard Morgenstern, Resources for the Future, previously Senior Economic Counselor to the Undersecretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, previously Deputy Administrator of the US EPA, and previously a professor at the City University of New York; Carl Pasurka, US EPA; William Pizer, professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and a faculty fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and previously Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Jason Schwartz, adjunct professor for clinical law at New York University and Legal Director for the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Ron Shadbegian, US EPA; and Stuart Shapiro, Associate Professor and Director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. The conference was held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was based on a previous PPR-hosted workshop in Washington, D.C. on the same subject.

September 27, 2012 - September 28, 2012 - "Regulation's Impact on Jobs: Economic Analysis and Institutional Reform"
A Penn Program on Regulation Conference was held discussing regulation's effect on employment. There is a widely held belief that regulation halts or even decreases job growth, when actually the reality is much more complex. The relationship between regulation and employment has been much debated, with few politicians fully being able to realize regulation's potential effects to actually spur employment. The federal government has mandated that regulatory agencies provide a report to investigate the potential effects for specific regulatory measures on various aspects of employment, but these analyses are often not able to ascertain the full implications of regulation or are done as a cursory measure. The conference's aims were to be able to discuss practical effects of regulation on employment without being hindered by partisan debate. Conference participants included Mickey Edwards, Director of the Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives; Al McGartland of the US EPA; Ann Ferris of the US EPA; Susan Dudley a professor at George Washington University and Former Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs; Lisa Robinson from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government; Julie Hewitt from the US EPA; Paul Noe from the American Forest & Paper Association; David Goldston from the Natural Resources Defense Council; Sarah Stafford, Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Law at the College of William and Mary; Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy at Duke Law; Joseph Aldy, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Faculty Chair for Regulatory Policy Program within the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government; Chris Carrigan, Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Public Administration at the George Washington University Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration; Cary Coglianese from Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; E. Donald Elliott, Professor (Adjunct) of Law at Yale Law School and Partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, chairing the firm’s Environment, Health and Safety Department; Rolf Färe, Professor of Economics and Agricultural and Resource Economics at Oregon State University; Adam Finkel, Penn Law and Penn Program on Regulation; Wayne Gray, Professor of Economics at Clark University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Executive Director of the Boston Research Data Center of the United States Census Bureau; Shawna Grosskopf, Professor of Economics at Oregon State University; Michael Livermore, founding executive director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Brian Mannix, visiting scholar at the Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University, founder of Tamer Trading Technologies, President of Buckland Mill Associates, Economic Consultants; Jonathan Masur, Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Chicago School of Law; Richard Morgenstern, Resources for the Future, previously Senior Economic Counselor to the Undersecretary for Global Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, previously Deputy Administrator of the US EPA, and previously a professor at the City University of New York; Carl Pasurka, US EPA; William Pizer, professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy and a faculty fellow in the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University and previously Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury; Jason Schwartz, adjunct professor for clinical law at New York University and Legal Director for the Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law; Ron Shadbegian, US EPA; and Stuart Shapiro, Associate Professor and Director of the Public Policy Program at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. The conference was held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was based on a previous PPR-hosted workshop in Washington, D.C. on the same subject.

Think Tanks in America
by Thomas Medvetz

University of Chicago Press
344 pages | 1 map, 12 line drawings, 7 tables | 6 x 9 | © 2012

Over the past half-century, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and policymakers, expert testimony on Capitol Hill, and convenient facts and figures to journalists and media specialists. But what are think tanks? Who funds them? And just how influential have they become?

In Think Tanks in America, Thomas Medvetz argues that the curious ambiguity of the think tank is less an accidental feature of its existence than the very key to its impact. By combining elements of more established sources of public knowledge—universities, government agencies, businesses, and the media—think tanks exert a tremendous amount of influence on the way citizens and lawmakers perceive the world, unbound by the more clearly defined roles of those other institutions. In the process, they transform the government of this country, the press, and the political role of intellectuals. Timely, succinct, and instructive, this provocative book will force us to rethink our understanding of the drivers of political debate in the United States.