Documents tagged with state and local regulations

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Massachusetts Miracle or Massachusetts Miserable: What the Failure of the "Massachusetts Model", Cat

When Massachusetts passed its pioneering health care reforms in 2006, critics warned that they would result in a slow but steady spiral downward toward a government-run health care system. Three...
  • CatoInstitute published this 06 / 02 / 2009
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High-Speed Rail: The Wrong Road for America, Cato Policy Analysis No. 625

In the face of high energy prices and concerns about global warming, environmentalists and planners offer high-speed rail as an environmentally friendly alternative to driving and air travel. Calif...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors: 2008, Cato Policy Analysis No. 624

Revenue poured into state governments as the U.S. economy expanded between 2003 and 2007, prompting the nation's governors to expand state budgets and offer the occasional tax cut. But now that...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Medical Licensing: An Obstacle to Affordable, Quality Care, Cato Policy Analysis No. 621

In the United States, the authority to regulate medical professionals lies with the states. To practice within a state, clinicians must obtain a license from that state's government. State statu...
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The Planning Tax: The Case against Regional Growth-Management Planning, Cato Policy Analysis No

Regional growth-management planning makes housing unaffordable and contributes to a business-unfriendly environment that slows economic growth. The high housing prices caused by growth-management...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Vertical Integration and the Restructuring of the U.S. Electricity Industry, Cato Policy Analys

Executive Summary Debates on restructuring the U.S. electricity industry are often about the degree to which market relationships should replace transactions that formerly took place within...
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Cigarette Taxes, Black Markets, and Crime: Lessons from New York's 50-Year Losin

Executive Summary As large state government budget gaps have opened in the past year, lawmakers across the country are turning to cigarette taxes for added revenue. Twenty states raised...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Evaluating the Case for Renewable Energy: Is Government Support Warranted?, Cato

Executive Summary Solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass energy are used in about 2 percent of total U.S. electricity generation and are expected to produce only 2.8 percent by 2020. The ...
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California's Electricity Crisis: What's Going On, Who's to Blame, and What to Do

Executive Summary The California electricity crisis threatens not only the economic well-being of ratepayers in California but the economic well-being of the United States as well. Unfo...
  • CatoInstitute published this 03 / 26 / 2009
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Time to Trash Government Intervention in Garbage Service, Cato Policy Analysis N

Executive Summary The necessity of government-managed garbage collection is grounded in the belief that economies of scale and collection route density result in the formation of service monopol...
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The Deregulation of the Electricity Industry: A Primer, Cato Policy Analysis No.

Executive Summary Several states have enacted and others are contemplating changes in the traditional industrial organization of electricity markets. Those changes involve the creation of stock-...
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Electric Avenues: Why "Open Access" Can't Compete, Cato Policy Analysis No. 301

Executive Summary The regulation of electricity markets is changing rapidly. So far, the changes affect only the generation of electricity. The deregulation of transmission and distribution is n...
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