[Fourth Branch] Can Economic Incentives Produce a Good Outcome in Regulation?
Can providing market incentives produce desirable and more efficient outcomes in regulation? Chris DeMuth, Distinguished Fellow at the Hudson Institute, presents as a case study President Ronald Reagan’s permitting solution to the problem of lead in gasoline.
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Differing Views:
“The United States Experience with Economic Incentives for Pollution Control” by the EPA
“Regulatory Policy vs Economic Incentives” in The Economist
“Ronald Reagan’s Conservation Legacy” by The R Street Institute
