Robert E. Litan

2009

Evaluating the Economy and the Possibility of a "Double Dip" RecessionNovember 19, 2009

Prudent Lending Restored: Securitization After the Mortgage MeltdownSeptember 15, 2009

Regulating and Resolving Institutions Considered “Too Big to Fail”May 06, 2009

Moving Money: The Future of Consumer PaymentsMay 01, 2009

Three Cheers for Treasury’s Plan for Regulating Systemic RiskMarch 30, 2009

Regulating Systemic RiskMarch 30, 2009

Regulating Insurance After the CrisisMarch 04, 2009

Where Were the Watchdogs? Systemic Risk and the Breakdown of Financial GovernanceMarch 04, 2009

Bailout Q&A: Fix Regulators, Liquidate Fannie and Freddie?February 17, 2009

Fixing Finance: A Roadmap for ReformFebruary 16, 2009

2008

The Origins of the Financial CrisisNovember 24, 2008

Making the Rescue Package Work: Asset and Equity PurchasesOctober 10, 2008

A Brief Guide To Fixing FinanceSeptember 22, 2008

Government Bailout: Changing the Face of CapitalismSeptember 17, 2008

The Great Credit Squeeze: How It Happened, How to Prevent AnotherMay 16, 2008

Pooling Money: The Future of Mutual FundsMay 01, 2008

2007

Building Inclusive Financial Systems: A Framework for Financial AccessOctober 01, 2007

The Broad Benefits of Restoring the Great LakesSeptember 04, 2007

New Financial Instruments and Institutions: Opportunities and Policy ChallengesJuly 01, 2007

The Effects of Broadband Deployment on Output and Employment: A Cross-sectional Analysis of U.S. DataJune 01, 2007

An Analysis of the Tenth Government Report On the Costs and Benefits of Federal RegulationsJune 01, 2007

Commercializing University Innovations: A Better WayMay 15, 2007

Some Internet Mergers Deserve a Careful LookMay 01, 2007

Evaluating the New Executive Order on RegulationApril 01, 2007

Economists' Statement on Network Neutrality PolicyMarch 01, 2007

Innovators Matter MostFebruary 24, 2007

Top Ten Global Economic Challenges: An Assessment of Global Risks and PrioritiesFebruary 01, 2007

The President's New Executive Order on RegulationJanuary 31, 2007

2006

The Myth of Network Neutrality and What We Should Do About ItNovember 01, 2006

Competition and Antitrust Law Can Protect The InternetOctober 03, 2006

Regulating Emissions of Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air ActOctober 01, 2006

An Analysis of the Government’s Proposed Risk Assessment GuidelinesJune 15, 2006

It’s Time to Let Banks (Even Big Ones) CompeteJune 15, 2006

An Analysis of the Ninth Government Report on the Costs and Benefits of Federal RegulationsJune 15, 2006

It's Time to Let Banks (Even Big Ones) CompeteJune 08, 2006

Catching the Web in a Net of NeutralityMay 02, 2006

Financial Gatekeepers: Can They Protect Investors?May 01, 2006

Economists' Statement on U.S. Broadband PolicyMarch 15, 2006

Sharing and Reducing the Financial Risks of Future "Mega-Catastrophes"March 01, 2006

Preparing for Future "Katrinas"March 01, 2006

The Future of Charge Card NetworksFebruary 01, 2006

Financial Statecraft: The Role of Financial Markets in American Foreign PolicyJanuary 01, 2006

Financial Statecraft: The Role of Financial Markets in American Foreign PolicyJanuary 01, 2006

2005

Financial Crises: Lessons from the Past, Preparation for the FutureDecember 01, 2005

Services Offshoring, American Jobs, and the Global EconomyDecember 01, 2005

The Big Telecomm Mergers: Nothing to FearNovember 18, 2005

Bringing Real Estate Brokerage into the 21st CenturyOctober 15, 2005

Insuring America's Workers in a New Era of OffshoringJuly 01, 2005

Paying Less For Real Estate Brokerage: What Can Make It Happen?June 27, 2005

Bringing More Competition to Real Estate BrokerageJune 15, 2005

A Fairer Deal For America's Workers In a New Era of OffshoringMay 01, 2005

An Analysis of the Eighth Government Report On the Costs and Benefits of Federal RegulationsApril 15, 2005

The Future of State-Owned Financial Institutions: Policy and PracticeFebruary 01, 2005

2004

Internet Telephones: Hanging up on Regulation?December 01, 2004

When the Rules Are the Real RisksNovember 01, 2004

Counting Regulatory Benefits and Costs: Lessons for the U.S. and EuropeOctober 15, 2004

Regulation of Interstate Wine ShipmentsSeptember 15, 2004

The Future of State-Owned Financial InstitutionsSeptember 01, 2004

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services: 2004August 20, 2004

Bandwidth for the PeopleMay 15, 2004

An Analysis of the Seventh Government Report on the Costs and Benefits of Federal RegulationsMay 15, 2004

"Offshoring" Service Jobs: Bane or Boon and What to Do?April 01, 2004

The Insurance Industry in AmericaMarch 01, 2004

The Uncertain Future of the Telecommunications IndustryJanuary 01, 2004

2003

Comment on Peer Review and Information QualityDecember 15, 2003

The Uncertain Future of the Telecommunications IndustryDecember 02, 2003

Why Congress Should Increase Funding for OMB Review of RegulationsOctober 15, 2003

North Carolina’s Anti-Predatory Lending Law: Still A Problem Despite New StudySeptember 15, 2003

The Future of Domestic Capital Markets in Developing CountriesSeptember 04, 2003

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services: 2003July 29, 2003

Financial Privacy, Consumer Prosperity, and the Public GoodJuly 17, 2003

Comment on the Federal Trade Commission's Strategic Plan for 2003-2008July 15, 2003

United We Serve: National Service and the Future of CitizenshipJune 01, 2003

A Law That's Out of Date: Anti-Tying Restrictions On BanksMay 27, 2003

An Analysis of the Sixth Government Report on the Costs and Benefits of Federal RegulationsApril 15, 2003

Protecting the American Homeland: One Year OnApril 07, 2003

Financial Conglomerates: The Future of Finance?April 01, 2003

Relationships in Financial Services: Are Anti-Tying Restrictions Out of Date?March 15, 2003

Recommendations for Improving Regulatory Accountability and TransparencyMarch 15, 2003

Governance in an Integrated Global EconomyMarch 01, 2003

Following the Money: The Enron Failure and the State of Corporate DisclosureFebruary 26, 2003

2002

Diversity in Israel: Lessons for the United StatesDecember 01, 2002

The Telecommunications Crash: What To Do Now?December 01, 2002

The Future of North American Integration: Beyond NAFTASeptember 17, 2002

Financial Sector Governance: The Roles of the Public and Private SectorsSeptember 17, 2002

The Costs of Book-CookingSeptember 04, 2002

9/11/2001: The Case for Universal ServiceSeptember 01, 2002

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services: 2002August 22, 2002

Fixing Corporate Disclosure After EnronAugust 16, 2002

Cooking the Books: The Cost to the EconomyAugust 01, 2002

The Crisis in Corporate DisclosureJuly 08, 2002

Strengthening Financial Sector Governance in Emerging MarketsJuly 01, 2002

Why the Minnesota Supreme Court Should Overturn a Lower Court Decision on Price Setting: Part 2June 15, 2002

Recommendations for Improving Federal RegulationJune 15, 2002

A Complicated Intersection: Public Action to Protect Private PropertyJune 01, 2002

Corporate Accounting PracticesMay 15, 2002

The Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998: An Economic AnalysisMay 15, 2002

An Analysis of the Fifth Government Report On the Costs and Benefits of Federal RegulationsMay 15, 2002

Corporate Accounting PracticesMay 14, 2002

Protecting the American HomelandMay 01, 2002

Globalization, What Now?April 01, 2002

The Enron Failure and the State of Corporate DisclosureApril 01, 2002

Accounting and Disclosure After EnronMarch 15, 2002

Accounting and Disclosure After EnronMarch 14, 2002

The Future of Securities Markets: A Summary of the Brookings-Wharton PapersMarch 01, 2002

Sticking Together: The Israeli Experiment in PluralismFebruary 27, 2002

Comment on the Revised Proposed Final JudgmentJanuary 15, 2002

2001

Satellite Merger Will Hurt TV ViewersDecember 16, 2001

Technology and America's Good Times: An overviewDecember 01, 2001

The Economy and the Internet: What Lies Ahead?December 01, 2001

Beyond the Dot.coms: The Economic Promise of the InternetNovember 03, 2001

Open Doors: Foreign Participation in Financial Systems in Developing CountriesSeptember 19, 2001

Constitutional Issues in Information PrivacySeptember 15, 2001

Homeownership That's Too Important to RiskAugust 20, 2001

State Regulation of Auto InsuranceAugust 15, 2001

Capital Idea: Open Japan's Banking IndustryAugust 10, 2001

The Economic Payoff from the Internet RevolutionAugust 03, 2001

Deregulating Auto InsuranceAugust 01, 2001

An Analysis of the Fourth Government Report On the Costs and Benefits of Federal RegulationsJuly 15, 2001

Open Doors: Foreign Participation in Financial Systems in Developing CountriesJune 01, 2001

Energy Price Controls: Been There, Done ThatMay 21, 2001

A Prescription to Relieve Worker AnxietyMarch 01, 2001

Finding a New Deal for AmericaFebruary 28, 2001

Relieve the Spectrum ShortageFebruary 15, 2001

Law and Policy in the Age of the InternetFebruary 15, 2001

A Prudent Approach To Preventing "Predatory" LendingFebruary 15, 2001

Why the Minnesota Supreme Court Should Overturn a Lower Court Decision on Price-SettingJanuary 15, 2001

Prosperity Reigned on His WatchJanuary 14, 2001

2000

Fair Use of Antitrust LawSeptember 13, 2000

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services: 2000September 06, 2000

Trade Policy: What Next?September 01, 2000

Managing Financial and Corporate Distress: Lessons from AsiaAugust 06, 2000

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) BriefJuly 15, 2000

Improving Regulation: Start with the Analysis and Work from ThereJune 15, 2000

Corporate Disclosure in the Internet AgeMay 24, 2000

Effective Structural Relief in U.S. v. MicrosoftMay 15, 2000

Remedies Brief of Amici Curiae for U.S.A. v. MicrosoftApril 28, 2000

What Light through Yonder Windows Breaks?April 11, 2000

The "Globalization" Challenge: The U.S. Role in Shaping World Trade and InvestmentMarch 01, 2000

An Analysis of the Third Government Report on the Benefits and Costs of Federal RegulationsFebruary 15, 2000

1999

Moving Towards an Open World Economy: The Next PhaseDecember 06, 1999

Next Step: Convert the SkepticsDecember 05, 1999

Expanding the Winners' Circle: A Guide for Increasing Upward MobilityDecember 01, 1999

The Rewards of Ending a MonopolyNovember 24, 1999

What to Do About Microsoft? Antitrust Experts Offer OpinionsNovember 15, 1999

The Raging Fires of Financial Crises: Understanding, Controlling and AvoidingNovember 05, 1999

Financial Markets and Development: The Crisis in Emerging MarketsSeptember 23, 1999

Privacy Issues in the Financial Services Industry AccountsJuly 20, 1999

Privacy Issues in the Financial Services IndustryJuly 15, 1999

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services: 1999June 29, 1999

The Crisis in Emerging Financial Markets: A World Bank Group-Brookings Conference ReportMay 01, 1999

Balancing Costs and Benefits of New Privacy MandatesApril 15, 1999

The Regulatory Right-to-Know Act and The Congressional Office of Regulatory Analysis ActApril 15, 1999

1998

The "Big Bang"? An Ambivalent Japan Deregulates Its Financial MarketsDecember 01, 1998

Unleashing Telecommunications: The Case for True CompetitionNovember 30, 1998

None of Your Business: World Data Flows, Electronic Commerce, and the European Privacy DirectiveOctober 15, 1998

The Clogged Arteries of a Troubled EconomyOctober 04, 1998

Does the IMF Have a Future? What Should It Be?October 01, 1998

An Analysis of the Second Government Draft Report on the Costs and Benefits of Federal RegulationsSeptember 15, 1998

Why a Market Correction Won't Replay 1987July 28, 1998

Brookings-Wharton Papers on Financial Services: 1998July 06, 1998

The European Union Privacy DirectiveMay 07, 1998

American Finance for the 21st CenturyApril 21, 1998

Bankruptcy Bailout Could Fix Asia's WoesMarch 04, 1998

Globaphobia: Confronting Fears about Open TradeFebruary 26, 1998

Avoiding a Showdown Over EU Privacy LawsFebruary 01, 1998

A Three-Step Remedy for Asia's Financial FluFebruary 01, 1998

Going Digital!January 15, 1998

1997

A Tough Regime for Rescuing Japan's BanksDecember 22, 1997

Globaphobia: The Wrong Debate Over Trade PolicySeptember 01, 1997

Putting Regulations to a TestJuly 30, 1997

Improving Regulatory AccountabilityJanuary 15, 1997

1996

The Section 8 Rental Subsidy DisasterSeptember 01, 1996

The Housing Disaster That's Not Being FixedJuly 01, 1996

1995

Footing the Bill for Superfund Cleanups: Who Pays and How?January 31, 1995

1994

Financial Regulation in the Global EconomyDecember 08, 1994

1993

Assessing Bank Reform: FDICIA One Year LaterAugust 16, 1993

Verdict: Assessing the Civil Jury SystemMay 24, 1993

Growth with Equity: Economic Policymaking for the Next CenturyFebruary 12, 1993

1992

Charting a Future for the Civil Jury System: Report from an American Bar Association/Brookings SymposiumDecember 21, 1992

1991

Down in the Dumps: Administration of the Unfair Trade LawsDecember 10, 1991

The Revolution in U.S. FinanceOctober 18, 1991

The Liability Maze: The Impact of Liability Law on Safety and InnovationJune 13, 1991

1989

Blueprint for Restructuring Americas Financial Institutions: Report of a Task ForceMay 11, 1989

1988

American Living Standards: Threats and ChallengesNovember 14, 1988