Can Economic Incentives Produce a Good Outcome in Regulation?
Can providing market incentives produce desirable and more efficient outcomes in regulation? Chris DeMuth, Distinguished Fellow at the Hudson Institute, presents as a case study President Ronald Reagan’s permitting solution to the problem of lead in gasoline.
Differing Views:
- “The United States Experience with Economic Incentives for Pollution Control” by the EPA
- “Regulatory Policy vs Economic Incentives” in The Economist
- “Ronald Reagan’s Conservation Legacy” by The R Street Institute
- “The U.S. Experience with the Phasedown of Lead in Gasoline” by Richard G. Newell and Kristian Rogers
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