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Regulatory Studies

Today, there is no greater impediment to American prosperity than the immense body of regulations chronicled in the Federal Register, and academic analysis has documented the economic inefficiencies engendered by the regulatory state. Cato's regulatory studies set forth a market-oriented vision of "regulatory rollback" that relies on the incentive forces of private property rights to create competitive markets and to provide consumer information and protection.

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• Banking Law and Regulation
• Environmental Law and Regulation
• FDA and Drug Regulation
• Genetic Engineering
• International Regulation
• Internet Governance and Regulation
• Labor Law and Regulation
• Privatization
• Science and Public Policy
• State and Local Regulations
• Telecom Regulation
• Urban Growth and Transportation

Experts

• Mark A. Calabria, Director of Financial Regulation Studies (Financial and banking regulation)
• Thomas A. Firey, Managing Editor, Regulation (Regulation, the Nanny State, smoking bans, state and local regulations)
• Timothy B. Lee, Adjunct Scholar (Network neutrality regulation)
• Randal O'Toole, Senior Fellow (Transportation regulation, state and local regulations)
• Peter Van Doren, Senior Fellow and Editor, Regulation (State and local regulations, energy regulation)