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
"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
"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.
"Did Enron Pillage California?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Briefing Paper no. 72, August 22, 2002.
Articles and Newsletters
"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.
"The Soft Case for Soft Energy," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Journal of International Affairs, 53:1, Columbia University, Fall 1999, pp. 209-235.
Opinion and Commentary
"Understanding the Gas-Tax Holiday," by Peter Van Doren and Thomas A. Firey, Cato.org, May 14, 2008
"Leave Those Car Buyers Alone," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), December 19, 2007
"Hooked on Subsidies," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Forbes, November 12, 2007
"Be Not Afraid," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 28, 2007
"All Circuits Misloaded," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), September 26, 2007
Events
"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
"Food Safety Fantasy" featuring Peter Van Doren, March 28, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:35]
Peter Van Doren talks about electricity markets on Electricity 101 (March 20, 2008) [MP3]
"Choose to Freeze?" featuring Peter Van Doren, January 28, 2008 [Flash Audio, 08:20]
"Shocking Electricity Prices" featuring Peter Van Doren, November 8, 2007 [Flash Audio, 09:52]
"An Economist’s View on the Minimum Wage" featuring Peter Van Doren, January 29, 2007 [Flash Audio, 09:14]