Regulations Have Costs, Benefits

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Date

Feb. 16, 2017

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

Courier-Journal

"The order requires that whenever a new regulation is enacted by any federal agency, regulators must eliminate two rules so that the cost of complying with the new rule is offset by the costs associated with the two existing rules. But Trump misses a crucial point about government regulations: They impose costs on society, but they also produce benefits."

Topics

Data and Decision Tools

Related People

Joseph E. Aldy

University Fellow

Joe Aldy is a university fellow at RFF and professor of the practice of public policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School. His research focuses on climate change policy, energy policy, and mortality risk evaluation.

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