Author Profile: Bruce Yandle

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Bruce Yandle (yandle@bellsouth.net) is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus, Clemson University; Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Economics, Mercatus Center, George Mason University; and senior scholar, PERC. He is coauthor with Andrew P. Morriss and Andrew Dorchak of Regulation by Litigation (Yale Press, 2008).
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Regulating Executive Pay Can Reduce Systemic Risk
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Posted in Articles on 4 November 2009
Stats: 3 views and No Comments The critical concern is with top government executives who can create national and international panic, lay the groundwork for international inflation or deflation, and just by voting and writing regulations can change the risk profile of entire industries.
“We Want to be Regulated”
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Posted in Articles on 5 October 2009
Stats: 90 views and 4 Comments Industry support of legislation that imposes restrictions on output is commonplace, but one begins to understand this more fully after careful scrutiny of the lobbying process.
Cash for Clunkers is a Loser
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Posted in Articles on 27 August 2009
Stats: 642 views and 43 Comments Since Cash-for-Clunkers is now officially out of commission, Bruce Yandle reexamines the life and death of the failed government program.
The Myth of Unregulated Tobacco
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Posted in Articles on 22 June 2009
Stats: 356 views and 7 Comments On Monday, June 22, with apparent satisfaction, President Obama signed the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), a law that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco products. The law requires the FDA …


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