NEW DIRECTIONS IN REGULATION

The New Directions in Regulation seminar series, organized and hosted by the Regulatory Policy Program, represents the preeminent forum in the country for engaging scholars and practitioners in an exploration of emerging trends in regulation. Since 1998, we have held more than 100 seminars, led by leading scholars from Harvard and around the world. The typical seminar brings together a diverse audience of thirty to forty participants from academia, business, and government. Many papers presented in the seminar are available in our working paper series. This seminar series is currently co-sponsored by the Kennedy School's Environment and Natural Resources Program.

Fall 2003

September 25, 2003
12:00pm—1:30pm
Smarter Regulation: Progress and Unfinished Business
John D. Graham
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
Bell Hall

October 9, 2003
12:00pm—1:30pm
Failure Diagnosis: Blackouts and Lampposts in Regulating Electricity Markets
William W. Hogan
Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Public Policy and Administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Bell Hall

October 23, 2003
12:00pm—1:30pm
Predictable Surprises: On the Failure of Regulators to Act
Max H. Bazerman
Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Bell Hall

November 6, 2003
12:00pm—1:30pm
Mandated Disclosure and Stock Returns: Evidence from the Over-the-Counter Market
Allen Ferrell
Harvard Law School
Bell Hall

November 20, 2003
12:00pm—1:30pm
Debiasing Through Law
Christine Jolls
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Bell Hall

December 11, 2003
9:00am—10:30 am (Please note: This seminar will be held in the morning)
Life-Years, Lives Saved, and Willingness to Pay
Cass R. Sunstein
Karl N. Llewellyn Distinguished Service Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Chicago Law School
Followed by commentary by James K. Hammitt
Professor of Economics and Decision Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, & Director of the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis

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