Achieving Regulatory Excellence

How regulators can strengthen their ability to protect the public and support economic vitality.The need for top-flight regulatory capacity-for regulatory excellence-has never been stronger. Achieving Regulatory Excellence explains what regulators must do to set priorities and make sound, evidence-based decisions through transparent and participatory processes.Whether striving to protect citizens from the ravages of financial fraud, climate change, inadequate health care, or the risks of the emerging sharing economy, regulators are often tasked with seemingly impossible missions and even competing mandates. In Achieving Regulatory Excellence, leading international experts provide pivotal insights from the disciplines of law, public administration, political science, economics, and sociology, as well as their own high-level government experience, offering guidance on how regulators can make smarter decisions at a time when both citizens and elected officials around the world demand more effective yet leaner government.In addition to chapters by editor Cary Coglianese, and a foreword by Jim Ellis, president and chief executive officer of the Alberta Energy Regulator, contributors include Robert Baldwin (London School of Economics and Political Science), John Braithwaite (Australian National University), Angus Corbett (University of Pennsylvania), Daniel Esty (Yale University), Adam Finkel (University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan), Ted Gayer (Brookings Institution), John Graham (Indiana University), Neil Gunningham (Australian National University), Kathryn Harrison (University of British Columbia), Bridget Hutter (London School of Economics and Political Science), Howard Kunreuther (Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania), David Levi-Faur (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Shelley H. Metzenbaum (Volcker Alliance), Donald P. Moynihan (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Paul R. Noe (American Forest and Paper Association), Gaurav Vasisht (Volcker Alliance), David Vogel (University of California-Berkeley), and Wendy Wagner (University of Texas School of Law).