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Regulation and Poverty: An Empirical Examination of the Relationship between the Incidence of Federal Regulation and the Occurrence of Poverty across the States

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  • Chambers, Dustin
  • McLaughlin, Patrick
  • Stanley, Laura

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Regulatory accumulation increases production costs, slows innovation, and hinders economic growth (Coffey, McLaughlin, and Peretto 2016; Dawson and Seater 2013). This study will investigate the degree to which these consequences of regulation are determi

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  • Chambers, Dustin & McLaughlin, Patrick & Stanley, Laura, 2018. "Regulation and Poverty: An Empirical Examination of the Relationship between the Incidence of Federal Regulation and the Occurrence of Poverty across the States," Working Papers 07672, George Mason University, Mercatus Center.
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