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Peter Van Doren
Senior Fellow and Editor, Regulation
Peter Van Doren is editor of the quarterly journal Regulation and an expert in the regulation of housing, land, energy, the environment, transportation, and labor. He has taught at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton University), the School of Organization and Management (Yale University), and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. From 1987 to 1988 he was the postdoctoral fellow in political economy at Carnegie Mellon University. His writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Journal of Commerce, and the New York Post. Van Doren has also appeared on CNN, CNBC, Fox News Channel, and Voice of America. He received his bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his master's degree and doctorate from Yale University.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: pvandore@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"Health and Safety Policy," Chapter 39 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Energy Policy," Chapter 43 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Energy Myth Five — Price Signals are Insufficient to Induce Efficient Energy Investments," Chapter 6 of Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths,(Springer, 2007).
"Energy," The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, David Henderson, ed. (Liberty Fund, 2007).
Chemicals, Cancer, and Choices: Risk Reduction through Markets (1999)
Cato Studies
"Would a Stricter Fed Policy and Financial Regulation Have Averted the Financial Crisis?," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter Van Doren, Policy Analysis no. 648, October 8, 2009.
"Don't Increase Federal Gasoline Taxes—Abolish Them," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Policy Analysis no. 598, August 7, 2007.
"Economic Amnesia: The Case against Oil Price Controls and Windfall Profit Taxes," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Policy Analysis no. 561, January 12, 2006.
"The Case against the Strategic Petroleum Reserve," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Policy Analysis no. 555, November 21, 2005.
"Rethinking Electricity Restructuring," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Policy Analysis no. 530, November 30, 2004.
Articles and Newsletters
"The Energy Security Obsession," The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Summer 2008, Vol. 6, No. 2.
"Regulation and Public Interests Book Review," Cato Journal, vol. 28, no. 1, Winter 2008.
"The Energy Security Obsession," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Limes: The Italian Journal of Geopolitics, November 23, 2007. (PDF, 76kb., 14 pp)
"The Ethanol Boondoggle," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The Milken Institute Review, First Quarter, 2007. (PDF, 894kb., 16 pp)
"Energy & Security Book Review," Energy Journal, 27 (Issue 2 2006): 182-187.
Opinion and Commentary
"Market Power - The Mistake of Subsidizing Pet Energy Causes," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review, October 21, 2009
"Regulatory Cat and Mouse," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Peter Van Doren, National Post, October 13, 2009
"Chumps for Clunkers," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), August 7, 2009
"What Will Climate Change Cost Us?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, December 18, 2008
"Jumping off the Government Bridge," by Chris Edwards and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), December 9, 2008
Events
"The Right Road for America: Top-Down Transportation Planning vs. Customer-Driven Mobility," September 15, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"Health Care University," December 10, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Health Care University," May 30, 2006 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"The Market for Health Care and Health Insurance: Can the Government Improve It?," June 2, 2005 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Multimedia
"Could the Fed Have Foreseen Our Financial Fiasco?" featuring Peter Van Doren, October 22, 2009 [Flash Audio, 15:14]
"Will Sound Science Govern Tobacco Regulation?" featuring Peter Van Doren, June 12, 2009 [Flash Audio, 13:13]
"Everybody's Fuming over E-Cigs" featuring Peter Van Doren, June 5, 2009 [Flash Audio, 08:19]
"Regulators and Congress Tango on Food Safety" featuring Peter Van Doren, April 28, 2009 [Flash Audio, 13:41]
"How Best to Regulate Systemic Risk?" featuring Peter Van Doren, March 31, 2009 [Flash Audio, 11:15]
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