Economic Analysis of Regulation

Steve Cicala and James M. Poterba, Organizers

March 17, 2022

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Thursday, March 17
10:30 am	Welcome
10:45 am	Overview of Regulatory Costs and Benefits: Pharmaceutical Regulation Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER (slides)
11:25 am	Elena Prager, University of Rochester and NBER Nicholas Tilipman, University of Illinois at Chicago Regulating Out-of-Network Hospital Payments: Disagreement Payoffs, Negotiated Prices, and Access (slides)
11:55 am	Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis Joshua D. Gottlieb, University of Chicago and NBER Adam Shapiro, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Daniel J. Sonnenstuhl, University of Chicago Pietro Tebaldi, Columbia University and NBER A Denial a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
12:25 pm	Break
12:40 pm	Overview of Regulatory Costs and Benefits: Energy and Environmental Regulation Joseph Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER (slides)
1:20 pm	Shoshana Vasserman, Stanford University and NBER Zi Yang Kang, University of Toronto Robust Bounds for Welfare Analysis (slides)
1:50 pm	Bentley Coffey, University of South Carolina Patrick McLaughlin, Mercatus Center at George Mason University Regulation and Economic Growth: Evidence from British Columbia’s Experiment in Regulatory Budgeting
2:20 pm	Break
2:35 pm	Overview of Regulatory Costs and Benefits: Land Use and Housing Regulation Rebecca Diamond, Stanford University and NBER (slides)
3:15 pm	Filip Babalievsky, Census Bureau Kyle F. Herkenhoff, University of Minnesota and NBER Lee E. Ohanian, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Edward C. Prescott, Arizona State University The Sky is Not The Limit: How Commercial Real Estate Regulations Affect U.S. Output and Welfare
3:45 pm	Matthias Breuer, Columbia University Christian Leuz, University of Chicago and NBER Steven Vanhaverbeke, KU Leuven Reporting Regulation and Corporate Innovation
4:15 pm	Concluding Discussion
4:30 pm	Adjourn