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Regulation Magazine

Vol. 29, No. 2, Summer 2006

Cover Story

Recruiting Tomorrow's Service Members

Paying Tomorrow's Military Non-cash benefits may not be the best way to attract and retain service members. By Cindy Williams (PDF, 7 pp, 390K )

Features

Real Estate

The Value of Building Codes Do homebuyers value stricter construction requirements in disaster-prone areas? By Carolyn Dehring. (PDF, 4 pp, 288K )

Health & Medicine

An Uncertain Prescription Are tax exemptions for nonprofit hospitals an efficient way to fund indigent care? By Guy David and Lorens A. Helmchen. (PDF, 4 pp, 270K )

Trade

Cartagena Protocol: A New Trade Barrier International agreement to control modified organisms could add large new costs to world agricultural commodity trade. By Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes. (PDF, 8 pp, 318K )

Economic Theory

Paternalism and Psychology If individuals’ ability to make rational decisions is limited, wouldn’t their ability to make political decisions also be limited? By Edward L. Glaeser (PDF, 8 pp, 220K )

Politics and Regulatory Policy Analysis What role does cost-benefit analysis really play in policymaking? By Stuart Shapiro (PDF, 6 pp, 276K )

Securities & Investment

The End of Securities Fraud Class Action? Diversified investors experience harm, not relief, from securities class actions. By Richard A. Booth. (PDF, 6 pp, 276K )

The Value of Knowing Did mandatory disclosure requirements enhance stock prices? By Michael Greenstone, Paul Oyer, and Annette Vissing-Jørgensen (PDF, 10 pp, 276K )


In Review

Tweaking, Instead of an Overhaul, Reviewed by Richard L. Gordon. (PDF, 8 pp, 236K )

Mercatus Reports

Regulatory Restraint? | Lead Paint (PDF, 3 pp, 371K )

Briefly Noted

Stale CAFE | Fidelity Bond Foolishness | Oil Prices and 'Folk Economics' (PDF, 4 pp, 274K )


The Final Word

The Twilight's Last Screeching By Marni Soupcoff. (PDF, 1 pp, 71K )



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