Rules in the Making
A Statistical Analysis of Regulatory Agency Behavior| By: | Wesley Magat; Alan J. Krupnick; Winston Harrington |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781617260650 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135998691 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2011 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Rules in the Making represents an attempt to revolutionize ways of thinking about regulatory decision-making. The book tries to show that statistical methodologies can be used to determine what factors are important in the establishment of government regulation by developing a mathematical model of the regulatory process and agency behavior. The model is then tested using a case study of the Environmental Protection Agency's setting of effluent discharge standards under the Clean Water Act. Originally published in 1986