Economic Analysis of Regulation

Steve Cicala and James M. Poterba, Organizers

February 9, 2023

on Zoom

Thursday, February 9
10:00 am	Welcome James M. Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10:15 am	John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and NBER Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics Antonin Bergeaud, HEC Paris The Impact of Regulation on Innovation (slides)
10:45 am	Amitabh Chandra, Harvard University and NBER Jennifer L. Kao, University of California, Los Angeles Kathleen L. Miller, US Food and Drug Administration Ariel Dora Stern, Hasso Plattner Institute Regulatory Incentive for Innovation: The FDA's Breakthrough Therapy Designation
11:15 am	Parker Rogers, National Bureau of Economic Research Regulating the Innovators: Approval Costs and Innovation in Medical Technologies
11:45 am	Break
12:15 pm	Keynote Address Privacy Regulation and Digital Platforms: Early Lessons from GDPR Fiona Scott Morton, Yale University and NBER
12:45pm	Francesco Decarolis, Bocconi University Muxin Li, University of Pennsylvania Competition and Defaults in Online Search
1:15 pm	Break
1:30 pm	Elise S. Brezis, Bar-Ilan University Regulating the Revolving Door of Regulators
2:00 pm	Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University and NBER Ashley Langer, University of Arizona and NBER Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER Energy Transitions in Regulated Markets
2:30 pm	Break
2:45 pm	Daphne Armstrong, University of North Carolina Stephen Glaeser, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jeffrey L. Hoopes, University of North Carolina Measuring Corporate Regulation
3:15 pm	Francesco Trebbi, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Miao Ben Zhang, University of Southern California The Cost of Regulatory Compliance in the United States
3:45 pm	Keynote Address Assessing Regulatory Benefits and Costs: Lessons from Oil Price Controls Catherine Wolfram, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
4:15 pm	Concluding Remarks Steve Cicala, Tufts University and NBER
4:30 pm	Adjourn