Jerry Ellig

Giulia McHenry, chief of @FCC's Office of Economics and Analytics, is recounting the office's accomplishments at this morning's FCC meeting. Truly an important part of @AjitPaiFCC's legacy. thehill.com/opinion/financ…

"The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." - Lincoln

ICYMI while on vacation - a word on @AjitPaiFCC's legacy at the @FCC thehill.com/opinion/financ…

The @FCC reinforced its commitment to quality economic analysis of #regulations: yalejreg.com/nc/fcc-memo-re…

Take a break from the US election mania and recall a bipartisan policy success: #FCC spectrum auctions. It's a reason this year's #NobelPrize in #economics was well-deserved. thehill.com/opinion/financ…

Five hours 'til "Delivering the Goods" Live!

Today is the 40th birthday of the Staggers Act, which largely deregulated freight railroads. The GW Regulatory Studies Center @RegStudies produced two video panel discussions with policymakers who were involved and scholars who studied the effects: regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/delivering-goo…

First online panel session in George Washington University's symposium on the 40th anniversary of #regulatory reform for the #railroad industry and #trucks in the US is available now: regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/delivering-goo…. #Staggers40

Some food for thought on as the #SenateAntitrustSubcommittee gears up for a hearing on #Google tomorrow: wsj.com/articles/the-m…

If the @FCC opens a rulemaking on @NTIAgov's petition to reinterpret #Section230 regarding #socialmedia content moderation, the FCC's own rules will likely require a full @benefitcost analysis. regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/ntia-and-secti…

How can federal agencies craft their #regulations (or #deregulation) so they are more likely to survive #judicialreview? That's the topic of a webinar tomorrow (August 4) sponsored by the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis: memberleap.com/members/evr/re…

@kristianstout @realDonaldTrump @NTIAgov @FCC Here's what #FCC would need to do to address this rationally: regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/social-media-e…

The Petition from @realDonaldTrump’s @NTIAgov to the @FCC asking for “interpretations” of #Section230 was submitted at the very end of the day yesterday, and I can see why. It’s not impressive. *Thread*

Yesterday the #TrumpAdministration's #ntia petitioned the #FCC for a rulemaking to regulate #socialmedia: ntia.gov/files/ntia/pub…. Here's what #fcc would need to do to address this rationally: regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/social-media-e…

I'm speaking at a #CFPB symposium on cost-benefit analysis of #financialservices regulations Wednesday July 29: consumerfinance.gov/about-us/event… My written submission is here: regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/regulatory-imp…

#FCC would face significant analytical hurdles to issue a #socialmedia regulation requested in #Trump #ExecutiveOrder on social media: regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/social-media-e…

#regulations adopted now might be eligible for repeal under the Congressional Review Act, thanks to #COVID19: yalejreg.com/nc/covid-19-cr…

New legislation authorizing #regulation often responds to high-profile crises (like #CoronaOutbreak) rather than dispassionate analysis. Read more in this link @RegStudies: regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/statutory-dele…

As a referee for journals, I have never found the "confidential comments" section useful. I've always figured that anything I have to say about a paper I should say to the author in the review the author receives.

For our country to heal, we must show love to others, including those we perceive to be our enemies. Listen and try to understand. Challenge them. Disagree with them. Hold them accountable. But do not hate them.

Let's focus discussion of regulation on systematic evidence of actual effects instead of name-calling and personal attacks. That's how we got bipartisan consensus on reforming economic regulation. #Regstudies10 regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/epistemic-less…