Regulatory Policy

Fannie Mae headquarters is seen in Washington November 7, 2013. Government-run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, America's biggest providers of housing finance, will send the U.S. Treasury $39.0 billion in December, leaving them within a hair of paying back their 2008 bailout. Freddie Mac said on Thursday it will pay $30.4 billion in dividends after a multibillion-dollar tax-related windfall fuelled a record profit in the third quarter. Its larger sibling and fellow state ward Fannie Mae said it would make an $8.6 billion payment. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS REAL ESTATE) - GM1E9B808VQ01

Report

Fannie and Freddie

Peter Conti-Brown

Monday, October 7, 2019

The exterior of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., is seen on September 16, 2019. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger - RC14827AF520

Regulatory Policy

The Supreme Court curtails but retains agency rule deference

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Donald Trump signing executive order to roll back Dodd-Frank

Regulatory Policy

Tracking deregulation in the Trump era

Monday, September 23, 2019

Visitors are seen at Tokyo Game Show 2019 in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan, September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato - RC1ACC4760F0

Global Trade

A WTO reform agenda

Joshua P. Meltzer

Sunday, September 15, 2019

Reports

Newport and Camel cigarettes are stacked on a shelf inside a tobacco store in New York July 11, 2014. U.S. cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc is in talks to acquire rival Lorillard Inc in a multi-billion dollar deal that would reshape one of the world's biggest and most profitable tobacco markets, the companies said on Friday. In a statement confirming what people familiar with the matter previously told Reuters, Reynolds, No.2 player in the United States with brands including Camel and Pall Mall, said the talks were consistent with its strategy of weighing options that would help boost shareholder value. Buying Lorillard, which had a stock market value of $22.9 billion on Thursday, would give Reynolds the leading U.S. menthol cigarette Newport and its leading e-cigarette blu.Buying Lorillard, which had a stock market value of $22.9 billion on Thursday, would give Reynolds the leading U.S. menthol cigarette Newport and its leading e-cigarette blu. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS) - GM1EA7C02A001

Report

Simulating the effects of tobacco retail restriction policies

Todd B. Combs, Virginia R. McKay, Joseph T. Ornstein, Margaret Mahoney, Kerry Cork, Deena Brosi, Matt Kasman, Benjamin Heuberger, Ross A. Hammond, and Douglas Luke

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump cuts a red tape while speaking about deregulation at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1D5597AAF0

Regulatory Policy

Regulatory delay across administrations

Sharece Thrower

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

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Regulatory Policy

Losing hold of the REINS: How Republicans’ attempt to cut back on regulations has impeded Congress’s ability to assert itself

Philip A. Wallach

Thursday, May 2, 2019

A worker arrives at his office in the Canary Wharf business district in London February 26, 2014. London's financial services sector created 25 percent more jobs in February than a year ago, new data has shown, indicating the industry may be recovering from the restructuring and redundancies prompted by the financial crisis. After a strong January, the City hiring market showed no signs of slowing down last month, with 3,220 new jobs created, compared with 2,575 added in February 2013, according to financial services recruiter Astbury Marsden. The data suggests London's banks and financial services companies are returning to growth after slashing thousands of jobs in the face of a lengthy recession and a series of industry scandals that followed the financial crisis. Picture taken February 26, 2014. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 03 OF 25 FOR PACKAGE 'CITY OF LONDON - LIFE IN THE SQUARE MILE'. TO FIND ALL IMAGES SEARCH 'RECRUITER KEOGH' - GM1EA320PLO01

Regulatory Policy

Can fintech increase lending? How courts are undermining financial inclusion

Peter Conti-Brown

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Steam rises from the five brown coal-fired power units of RWE, one of Europe's biggest electricity companies in Neurath, north-west of Cologne, Germany March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay - RC1E5D3C6B40

Regulatory Policy

Examining the EPA’s Proposal to Exclude Co-Benefits of Mercury Regulation

Monday, April 1, 2019

Blog Posts

The Federal Trade Commission building is seen in Washington

TechTank

The FTC can rise to the privacy challenge, but not without help from Congress

Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Woody Hartzog, and Daniel J. Solove

Thursday, August 8, 2019

The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are seen in a combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/File Photos - RC196FE450D0

TechTank

After years of lagging behind the international community, will the US begin to rein in ‘big tech’?

Clara Hendrickson

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Federal Trade Chairman Joseph Simons, (L), Federal Trade Commissioners (2nd L-R), Rohit Chopra, Noah Phillips, Rebecca Slaughter and Christine Wilson testify on the "Oversight of the Federal Trade Commission" before the U.S. Senate Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security Subcommittee in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, U.S., November 27, 2018. REUTERS/ Leah Millis - RC1654D52A80

TechTank

Rulemaking and its discontents: Moving from principle to practice in federal privacy legislation

Cameron F. Kerry and Daniel J. Weitzner

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

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Events

The future of financial regulation

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

40 years after deregulation, remaining challenges for airlines and public policy

10:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

The new dynamics of global energy and climate: A conversation with Exelon CEO Chris Crane

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

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Related Books

Achieving Regulatory Excellence

Edited by Cary Coglianese

2016

Public Policymaking by Private Organizations

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2016

Escaping Jurassic Government

By Donald F. Kettl

2016

Experts

Women eat watermelons at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 10, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - GF10000055583

Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Mar 17, 2019; Nashville, TN, USA; A member of the Bridgestone Arena crew sweeps confetti off the court after a win by the Auburn Tigers over the Tennessee Volunteers in the SEC conference tournament championship game at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports - 12368716

Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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Nonresident Fellow - Economic Studies

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Multimedia

Computer chips on credit cards

Podcast Episode

Why Americans should care about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Makada Henry-Nickie

Monday, November 27, 2017

OMB Director Mick Mulvaney

Podcast Episode

Trump exerts executive power in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau leadership battle

Monday, November 27, 2017

A labourer works at a coking plant in Changzhi, north China's Shanxi province, July 7, 2007. Starting off in Sydney on Saturday and travelling west around the world, the Live Earth concerts, planned for this weekend, are expected to attract more than a million people to raise awareness of global warming and environmental issues like climate change. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA) CHINA OUT - RTR1RJUT

Climate Change

On Trump’s climate executive order

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

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