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Regulatory Conflicts: International Tender And Exchange Offers In The 1990s, John C. Maguire Nov 2012

Regulatory Conflicts: International Tender And Exchange Offers In The 1990s, John C. Maguire

Pepperdine Law Review

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The Real Challenge To The Polish Revolution: Cleaning The Polish Environment Through Privatization And Preventive Market-Based Incentives, G. Nelson Smith Iii Nov 2012

The Real Challenge To The Polish Revolution: Cleaning The Polish Environment Through Privatization And Preventive Market-Based Incentives, G. Nelson Smith Iii

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Incentivos Y Más Incentivos, Alejandro Faya Rodriguez Aug 2012

Incentivos Y Más Incentivos, Alejandro Faya Rodriguez

Alejandro Faya Rodriguez

No abstract provided.


Hacer (Bien) Las Reformas, Alejandro Faya Rodriguez Jun 2012

Hacer (Bien) Las Reformas, Alejandro Faya Rodriguez

Alejandro Faya Rodriguez

No abstract provided.


Protocolo De Madrid, Alejandro Faya Rodriguez May 2012

Protocolo De Madrid, Alejandro Faya Rodriguez

Alejandro Faya Rodriguez

No abstract provided.


Expropiaciones, Alejandro Faya Rodriguez Apr 2012

Expropiaciones, Alejandro Faya Rodriguez

Alejandro Faya Rodriguez

No abstract provided.


La Suprema Corte Y La Cofetel, Alejandro Faya Rodriguez Mar 2012

La Suprema Corte Y La Cofetel, Alejandro Faya Rodriguez

Alejandro Faya Rodriguez

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Tinkering With The Machinery Of Life, Ben L. Trachtenberg Jan 2012

Tinkering With The Machinery Of Life, Ben L. Trachtenberg

Faculty Publications

Recent adjustments by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to their cost–benefit analysis procedures could cause tremendous changes to federal regulation. For decades, federal agencies have calculated the value of a statistical life (VSL) and have used that number when evaluating the costs and benefits of proposed regulations. If a regulation was expected to save lives, the number of lives saved could be multiplied by the VSL to monetize the benefits. Because, however, lives saved in the future were given the same nominal value as lives saved in the present, the real value of future …


The $1.75 Trillion Lie, Lisa Heinzerling, Frank Ackerman Jan 2012

The $1.75 Trillion Lie, Lisa Heinzerling, Frank Ackerman

Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law

A 2010 study commissioned by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration claims that federal regulations impose annual economic costs of $1.75 trillion. This estimate has been widely circulated, in everything from op-ed pages to Congressional testimony. But the estimate is not credible. For costs of economic regulations, the estimate reflects a calculation that rests on a misunderstanding of the definition of the relevant data, flunks an elementary question on the normal distribution, pads the analysis with several years of near-identical data, and fails to recognize the difference between correlation and causation. For costs of environmental regulation, …