Reports and Studies
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards members and allies conduct original research into a wide rage of topics related to regulation. The coalition indexes these reports here.
Please note that some of the studies on this page contain links to government documents that may have been moved or permanently archived. Among them, you can access U.S. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reports on the costs and benefits of regulations from 1997 – 2016 through the White House’s online archives.
If your organization has produced a report or study addressing regulatory issues and you would like us to consider featuring it here, please email David Rosen at drosen@citizen.org.
Rulemaking Reforms
Attacks on Regulation
The Benefits of Regulation
Jobs, Innovation, Small Business and the Economy
Workers and Wages
Public Health and Safety
Consumer Products and Technology
Environment and Energy
Wall Street and Banking
Global Trade
Rulemaking Reforms
Protecting Government Science from Political Interference
Union of Concerned Scientists: September 2024
Regulation’s Rallying Cry: Making Regulation Work for the Public
Public Citizen: December 2023
Unwinding the Deregulatory State and Restoring Public Protections
Public Citizen: November 2020
Beyond 12866: A Progressive Plan for Reforming the Regulatory System
Center for Progressive Reform: September 2020
Restoring Science, Protecting the Public: 43 Steps for the Next Presidential Term
Union of Concerned Scientists: June 2020
Presidential Recommendations for 2020: A Blueprint for Defending Science and Protecting the Public
Union of Concerned Scientists: January 2020
Regulation as Social Justice: A Crowdsourced Blueprint for Building a Progressive Regulatory System
Center for Progressive Reform: September 2019
Reforming “Regulatory Reform”: A Progressive Framework for Agency Rulemaking in the Public Interest
American Constitution Society: October 2018
Trump Has Stopped or Delayed More Than 1,500 Rulemakings
Public Citizen: June 2018
Secrecy and Imbalance in Regulatory Review
Project on Government Oversight: October 2017
The Trump Administration’s Rulemaking Delays
Center for Progressive Reform: July 2017
Reforming Regulation: Policies to Counteract Capture and Improve the Regulatory Process
Center for American Progress: November 2016
Presidential Transition 2016-17: Making Government Work for All of Us
Center for Progressive Reform: August 2016
Unsafe Delays: An Empirical Analysis Shows That Federal Rulemakings To Protect the Public Are Taking Longer Than Ever
Public Citizen: June 2016
Government Agencies Allow Corporations to Write Off Billions in Federal Settlement Payments
U.S. PIRG: December 2015
Influence and the Administrative Process: Lobbying the U.S. President’s Office of Management and Budget (Study)
University of Wisconsin, Madison: July 2015
Rulemaking as a Tool of Democracy
Demos: December 2014
Barack Obama’s Path to Progress in 2015-16: Thirteen Essential Regulatory Actions
Center for Progressive Reform: November 2014
Grading Government Transparency: Scientists’ Freedom to Speak (and Tweet) at Federal Agencies
Union of Concerned Scientists: July 2013
Down The Regulatory Rabbit Hole: How Corporate Influence, Judicial Review and a Lack of Transparency Delay Crucial Rules and Harm the Public
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards: June 2013
The Perils of OIRA Regulatory Review: Reforms Needed to Address Rampant Delays and Secrecy
Public Citizen: June 2013
Public Safeguards Past Due: Missed Deadlines Leave Public Unprotected
Public Citizen: June 2012
The Cost of Regulatory Delay
Demos: August 2011
Flowchart of the Federal Rulemaking Process
Public Citizen: March 2011
The Obama Approach to Public Protection: The Regulatory Process
Center for Effective Government: January 2011
The Obama Approach to Public Protection: Enforcement
Center for Effective Government: December 2010
The Obama Approach to Public Protection: Rulemaking
Center for Effective Government: September 2010
Attacks on Regulation
GAO Rule Determinations for CRA Consideration
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards: February 2024
Corporate Groups Oppose Chevron Deference in Amicus Briefs
Public Citizen: January 2024
Rolling Back the Clock on Trump’s Last-Minute Regulatory Rollbacks
Public Citizen: March 2021
Reckoning With Conservatives’ Bad Faith Cost-Benefit Analysis
Center for American Progress: August 2020
Unwinding the Deregulatory State and Restoring Public Protections
Public Citizen: July 2020
Soft on Corporate Crime: Justice Department Refuses to Prosecute Corporate Lawbreakers, Fails to Deter Repeat Offenders
Public Citizen: September 2019
A Key Cog in Charles Koch’s Master Plan: How the Purportedly Unbiased George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center Advances an Agenda to Deregulate America
Public Citizen: June 2019
Lost Safeguards: Popular Public Protections Repealed in the Trump Era
Public Citizen: May 2019
Safeguarding Summer
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards: May 2019
Your Wish is My Command: Corporate Capture of the Regulatory Process Evident in Trump’s First Two Years
Public Citizen: May 2019
President Trump’s Regulatory Rollbacks Are an Attack on Americans’ Wallets
Center for American Progress: March 2019
Resolution of Disapproval
Center for Progressive Reform: February 2019
Rigged for Wall Street: Trump DOJ Imposes Penalties 70% Lower Than Obama DOJ, Lets Banks Refuse to Admit to Alleged Financial Crisis-Era Wrongdoing
Public Citizen: February 2019
Corporate Impunity Worsens Under Trump: DOJ Penalties for Megabanks and Other Corporate Offenders Drop 80 Percent After Two Years of Trump
Public Citizen: January 2019
The State of Science in the Trump Era (2019)
Union of Concerned Scientists: January 2019
As Shutdown Drags on, Agencies Devoted to Consumer and Worker Health and Safety Unfunded and Deprioritized
Public Citizen: January 2019
Science Under Siege at the Department of the Interior
Union of Concerned Scientists: December 2018
Protecting Science at Federal Agencies: How Congress Can Help
National Women’s Health Network: November 2018
Ignored Benefits: Trump Nixing $2.1 Trillion in Benefits Via Regulatory Cuts
Public Citizen: September 2018
Presidentially Directed Policy Change: The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs as Partisan or Moderator?
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory: August 2018
Science Under Trump: Voices of Scientists Across 16 Federal Agencies
Union of Concerned Scientists: August 2018
Corporate Impunity: “Tough on Crime” Trump Is Weak on Corporate Crime and Wrongdoing
Public Citizen: July 2018
The War on Regulation: A Guide to the Ongoing Assault on Public Protections to Boost Corporate Profits
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards: June 2018
The Congressional Review Act: The Case for Repeal
Center for Progressive Reform: May 2018
Inconvenient Information: How the Trump Administration Squelches Data It Doesn’t Like, Uses Pseudo-Statistics, Stifles the Views of Experts and Cancels Important Studies
Public Citizen: March 2018
Abandoning Science Advice: One Year in, the Trump Administration Is Sidelining Science Advisory Committees
Union of Concerned Scientists: January 2018
Sacrificing Public Protections on the Altar of Deregulation
Public Citizen: November 2017
Deregulating For Dollars: How Trump’s Anti-Regulation Agenda Could Boost His Own Pocketbook
Public Citizen: October 2017
The Trump Deregulatory Agenda: Health, Safety, Environmental, and Consumer Protection Rules in the Crosshairs
Center for Progressive Reform: August 2017
Sidelining Science from Day One: How the Trump Administration Has Harmed Public Health and Safety in Its First Six Months
Union of Concerned Scientists: July 2017
Twin Demons: The Trump-Bannon Assault on Our Safeguards
Center for Progressive Reform: June 2017
The Powerful Corporations Pushing to Unravel Protections for Consumers, Public Health, and the Environment
Center for American Progress: May 2017
Trump at 100 Days: Case Studies of Trump’s Self-Serving, Special Interest Government
Center for American Progress: April 2017
100 Ways, in 100 Days, that Trump Has Hurt Americans
Center for American Progress: April 2017
CRA by the Numbers: The Congressional Review Act Assault on Our Safeguards
Center for Progressive Reform: April 2017
100 Days of Trump’s Legislation: Giveaways to Big Business at the Expense of Working Families
Center for American Progress: April 2017
OIRA and the Assault on Our Safeguards: Gatekeeper Office Poised to Dismantle Protections
Center for Progressive Reform: April 2017
Understanding the Anti-Regulation Agenda
Economic Policy Institute: April 2017
Shining a Light on the “Midnight Rule” Boogeyman | A Swing and Miss at Our Midnight Regulations Study
Public Citizen: July 2016
Sacrificing the Pawns: How the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Recruits Small Business Owners to Lobby Against Their Own Self-Interest
Public Citizen: June 2016
CEI Report Panned For Methodological Flaws and Not Including Benefits of Regulations
Media Matters for America: May 2016
Earmarking Away the Public Interest: Anti-Reg Riders Benefit Polluting Industries
Center for Progressive Reform: July 2015
The REINS Act: Unbridled Impediment to Regulation
Ronald M. Levin, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Law: January 2015
ALEC’s Latest Trojan Horse: The Attack on Standards and Safeguards Moves to the States
Center for Effective Government: November 2013
Regulation Issue: Industry’s Complaints About New Rules Are Predictable and Wrong
Public Citizen: February 2013
The Regulatory Tsunami That Wasn’t
Center for Effective Government: September 2012
Why Cost-Benefit Analysis is Flawed
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards: June 2012
The $1.75 Trillion Lie
Georgetown University and Tufts University: Spring 2012
Impacts of the Regulatory Accountability Act: Overturning 65 Years of Law and Leaving Americans Less Protected
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards: November 2011
Decoding the Bill: Lobbying Records Show That Electric Utility Industry Dominates Push for Deregulatory ‘REINS’ Legislation
Public Citizen: August 2011
Flaws Call for Rejecting Crain and Crain Model
Economic Policy Institute: July 2011
Setting the Record Straight: The Crain and Crain Report on Regulatory Costs
Center for Progressive Reform: February 2011
The Benefits of Regulation
The Benefits of Public Protections: Ten Rules That Save Lives and Protect the Environment
Center for Effective Government: July 2014
Reality Check: The Forgotten Lessons of Deregulation and Unsung Successes of Sensible Safeguards
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards: March 2013
Underestimating the Benefits of Public Protections
Center for Effective Government: October 2012
Sensible Safeguards: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Coalition for Sensible Safeguards: December 2011
A Quick Guide to EPI’s Research on the Costs and Benefits of Regulations
Economic Policy Institute: November 2011
An Unmistakable Pattern: New Government Reports Underscore that the Benefits of Regulations Far Exceed the Costs
Economic Policy Institute: March 2011
Good Rules: Ten Stories of Successful Regulation
Demos: February 2011
Jobs, Innovation, Small Business and the Economy
TECH@RISK: The Domestic Innovation, Technology Deployment, Manufacturing, and Jobs at Risk in Stepping Away from Global Leadership on Clean Cars
BlueGreen Alliance: August 2019
Jobs Created by Appliance Standards
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy & Appliance Standards Awareness Project: July 2018
Is Regulation to Blame for the Decline in American Entrepreneurship? (No)
Economic Policy: January 2018
Environmental Regulations Have Little Effect on Aggregate Employment or Unemployment Rates
Institute for Policy Integrity, New York University: February 2017
New Report Disproves Trump Administration Claims of “Job Killing” Environmental Regulations
Environmental Integrity Project: January 2017
Reviving Antitrust: Why Our Economy Needs a Progressive Competition Policy
Center for American Progress: June 2016
Estimating the Size and Impact of the Ecological Restoration Economy (Article)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: June 2015
Making the Business & Economic Case for Safer Chemistry
American Sustainable Business Council & Green Chemistry and Commerce Council: May 2015
Gaming the Rules: How Big Business Hijacks the Small Business Review Process to Weaken Public Protections
Center for Effective Government: November 2014
Small Businesses, Public Health, and Scientific Integrity: Whose Interests Does the Office of Advocacy at the Small Business Administration Serve?
Center for Effective Government: January 2013
A Quick Guide to the Evidence on Regulations and Jobs
Economic Policy Institute: November 2011
Regulation: The Unsung Hero in American Innovation
Public Citizen: September 2011
Regulatory Uncertainty: A Phony Explanation for Our Jobs Problem
Economic Policy Institute: September 2011
Regulation, Employment, and the Economy: Fears of Job Loss are Overblown
Economic Policy Institute: April 2011
Workers and Wages
OSHA’s Next 50 Years: Legislating a Private Right of Action to Empower Workers
Center for Progressive Reform: July 2020
Worker Safety in Crisis: The Cost of a Weakened OSHA
National Employment Law Project: April 2020
Workplace Safety & Health Enforcement Falls to Lowest Levels in Decades
National Employment Law Project: December 2019
Farmworkers at Risk: The Growing Dangers of Pesticides and Heat
Union of Concerned Scientists: December 2019
The Modern Company Town: Workers in Highly Concentrated Labor Markets Need Stronger Antitrust Enforcement and Labor Protections
Center for American Progress: September 2019
Chemical Detox for the Workplace: A Guide to Securing a Nontoxic Work Environment
Center for Progressive Reform: April 2019
Workplace Safety Enforcement Continues to Decline in Trump Administration
National Employment Law Project: March 2019
Extreme Heat and Unprotected Workers
Public Citizen: July 2018
Grand Theft Paycheck: The Large Corporations Shortchanging Their Workers’ Wages
Good Jobs First: June 2018
OSHA Enforcement Activity Declines Under the Trump Administration
National Employment Law Project: June 2018
Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2018
AFL-CIO: April 2018
Workers’ Health, Safety, and Pay Are Among the Casualties of Trump’s War on Regulations
Economic Policy Institute: January 2018
Build a Better South: Construction Working Conditions in the Southern U.S.
Partnership for Working Families: May 2017
OSHA Severe Injury Data from 29 States: 27 Workers a Day Suffer Amputation or Hospitalization; Poultry Processing Among Most Dangerous Industries
National Employment Law Project: April 2017
Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, 2017
AFL-CIO: April 2017
Worker Safety and Health in the Obama Years: An Exemplary Record
National Employment Law Project: January 2017
Predatory Loans & Predatory Loan Complaints
U.S. PIRG Education Fund: August 2016
Schrader Bill Would Gut the Department of Labor’s New Overtime Rule
Economic Policy Institute: August 2016
OSHA’s Discount on Danger: Settlement Policies Should Maximize Deterrence
Center for Progressive Reform: June 2016
Reining in Forced Arbitration in Consumer Financial Services
Center for Progressive Reform: May 2016
Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect
AFL-CIO: April 2016
Preventable Deaths 2016
National COSH: April 2016
Preventing Death and Injury on the Job: The Criminal Justice Alternative in State Law
Center for Progressive Reform: March 2016
Federal White Collar Crime: Six Case Studies Drawn from Ongoing Prosecutions to Protect Public Health, Worker and Consumer Safety, and the Environment
Center for Progressive Reform: November 2015
New Overtime Rules Will Benefit: Fathers | Women | Millennials | Salaried Workers in Every State
Economic Policy Institute: August 2015
Raising the Overtime Pay Threshold Will Help More Workers Get the Pay They Deserve: Fact Sheet
Economic Policy Institute: August 2015
Why It’s Time to Update Overtime Pay Rules: Frequently Asked Questions
Economic Policy Institute: August 2015
The New Overtime Salary Threshold Would Directly Benefit 13.5 Million Workers
Economic Policy Institute: August 2015
Estimating the Number of Workers Directly Benefiting from the Proposed Increase in the Overtime Salary Threshold
Economic Policy Institute: August 2015
Sustainable and Safe Recycling: Protecting Workers Who Protect the Planet
The Partnership for Working Families, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health & GAIA: June 2015
Nursing: A Profession in Peril — A Five-Part Series on Health Care Workers Injured on the Job
Public Citizen: June 2015
Not an Accident: Preventable Deaths 2015
National Council for Occupational Safety and Health: April 2015
Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect
AFL-CIO: May 2014
Securing the Right to a Safe and Healthy Workplace
Center for Effective Government: October 2013
What’s at Stake: Austerity Budgets Threaten Worker Health and Safety
Center for Effective Government: August 2013
OSHA Inaction: Onerous Requirements Imposed on OSHA Prevent the Agency from Issuing Lifesaving Rules
Public Citizen: October 2011
Regulations at Work: Five Rules that Save Workers Lives and Protect their Health
Public Citizen: July 2011
Public Health and Safety
Preventing “Double Disasters”
Center for Progressive Reform, Earthjustice, and the Union of Concerned Scientists: July 2021
Grading the Nation: State Disclosure Policies for Lead Pipes
Environmental Defense Fund: March 2017
Get the Lead Out: Ensuring Safe Drinking Water for Our Children at School
U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Environment America Research & Policy Center: February 2017
FDA and Patient Groups Are Addicted to Drug Industry
Project on Government Oversight: December 2016
The Truth About Torts: Regulatory Preemption at the Federal Aviation Administration
Center for Progressive Reform: November 2016
Hooked for Life: How Weak Policies on Added Sugars Are Putting a Generation of Children at Risk
Union of Concerned Scientists: August 2016
Blowing Smoke: Chemical Companies Say “Trust Us,” But Environmental and Workplace Safety Violations Belie Their Rhetoric
Center for Effective Government: October 2015
Bad Chemistry: How the Chemical Industry’s Trade Association Undermines the Policies That Protect Us
Union of Concerned Scientists: July 2015
The Promise and Problems of HACCP: A Review of USDA’s Approach to Meat and Poultry Safety
Consumer Federation of America: April 2015
Chemical Hazards in Your Backyard: Do Your First Responders Have the Information They Need in an Emergency?
Center for Effective Government: April 2015
Reducing Our Exposure to Toxic Chemicals: Stronger State Health Protections at Risk in Efforts to Reform Federal Chemical Law
Center for Effective Government: March 2015
Keeping You Safe: Does the 2016 Budget Request Adequately Defend Public Safety?
Center for Effective Government: February 2015
Substantially Unsafe: Medical Devices Post Great Threat to Patients; Safeguards Must be Strengthened, Not Weakened
Public Citizen: February 2012
Safeguarding the Public’s Health and Safety: The President’s FY 2013 Public Protections Funding Requests
Center for Effective Government: February 2012
Cranes & Derricks: The Prolonged Creation of a Key Public Safety Rule
Public Citizen: April 2011
Consumer Products and Technology
Delay and Secrecy: How Section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act Keeps Consumers in the Dark
Public Citizen: June 2019
The FTC’s Big Tech Revolving Door Problem
Public Citizen: May 2019
Consumer Carnage: How Federal Enforcement of Consumer-Protection Laws Has Declined Under Trump
Public Citizen: March 2019
Even Under Kinder Masters: A Proposal to Require That Dominant Internet Platforms Accord Their Users Due Process
Public Knowledge: May 2018
Kiss Off: A Consumer’s Guide to Saying No to Toxic Lip Products
U.S. PIRG: February 2018
Trouble in Toyland: The 32nd Annual Toy Safety Report
U.S. PIRG: November 2017
Health Wearable Devices Pose New Consumer and Privacy Risks
Center for Digital Democracy: December 2016
Trouble in Toyland 2016: The 31st Annual Survey of Toy Safety
U.S. PIRG Education Fund: November 2016
Getting Personal With Chemicals: A Consumer Guide to 10 Common Personal Care Products Containing Chemicals of Concern
U.S. PIRG Education Fund: June 2016
Trouble in Toyland 2015: The 30th Annual Survey of Toy Safety
U.S. PIRG Education Fund: November 2015
Trouble in Toyland: The 29th Annual Survey of Toy Safety
U.S. PIRG Education Fund: December 2014
Environment and Energy
The Clean Water Act’s 50th Anniversary: Nine Key Reforms for Clean Water Today
Center for Progressive Reform: November 2022
In the Wake of West Virginia v. EPA: Legislative and Administrative Paths Forward for Science-Driven Regulation
Center for Progressive Reform, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, and the Union of Concerned Scientists: October 2022
Resetting the Course of EPA
Environmental Protection Network: August 2020
Oil Spill Response Exercises Exposed Serious Vulnerabilities
Project on Government Oversight: July 2020
Waters of the United States Under Threat
Earthjustice: July 2020
The EPA’s Crooked Scheme Could Cause Thousands to Lose Their Lives
Earthjustice: June 2020
State of the Air 2020
American Lung Association: April 2020
Deregulation on Demand: Trump EPA Panders to Polluters in Dismantling Clean Power Plan
Center for Progressive Reform: April 2020
Playing With Other People’s Money: How Non-Economic Coal Operations Distort Energy Markets
Sierra Club: October 2019
The EPA’s Crooked Scheme Could Cause Thousands to Lose Their Lives
Earthjustice: October 2019
Mining for Access at the Interior Department
Project on Government Oversight: September 2019
Killer Heat in the United States: Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days
Union of Concerned Scientists: July 2019
How Marine Protected Areas Help Fisheries and Ocean Ecosystems
Center for American Progress: June 2019
State of the Air 2019
American Lung Association: April 2019
Trump’s EPA Poised to Undo Progress on Mercury Pollution Reduction
Center for American Progress: December 2018
When All Hell Breaks Loose: Years after Deepwater Horizon, Offshore Drilling Hazards Persist
Project on Government Oversight: December 2018
Betraying the Base: The Potential Air Quality Impacts of President Trump’s Coal Advocacy
University of Virginia: October 2018
A Toxic Threat: Government Must Act Now on PFAS Contamination at Military Bases
Union of Concerned Scientists: September 2018
Trump’s Chemical Romance: Conflicted Officials Contaminate Trump’s EPA
Public Citizen: August 2018
Burning the Data: Attacks on Climate and Energy Data and Research
Center for American Progress: June 2018
Saving Energy, Saving Lives: The Health Impacts of Avoiding Power Plant Pollution with Energy Efficiency
Physicians for Social Responsibility and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: February 2018
The Benefits of NEPA: How Environmental Review Empowers Communities and Produces Better Projects
Center for American Progress: January 2018
The Endangered Species Act Is Working: State-by-State Fact Sheets
Center for American Progress: January 2018
State of the Air 2017
American Lung Association: April 2017
In First 100 Days, Congress Took Aim at the Democratic Foundations of America’s Environmental Laws
Center for American Progress: April 2017
Double Jeopardy in Houston: Acute and Chronic Chemical Exposures Pose Disproportionate Risks for Marginalized Communities
Union of Concerned Scientists: November 2016
Untapped Potential: Clean Power Plan Leaves Carbon Reductions on the Table
Center for Progressive Reform: October 2016
What’s in Your Water? Flint and Beyond
Natural Resources Defense Council: June 2016
State of the Air 2016
American Lung Association: April 2016
Mind the Gap: Closing the Methane Emissions Gap Between the Obama Administrations Promises and Proposals
Clean Air Task Force: January 2016
Living in the Shadow of Danger: Poverty, Race and Unequal Chemical Facility Hazards
Center for Effective Government: January 2016
Automobile Fuel Economy Standards in a Lower-Oil-Price World
Council on Foreign Relations: November 2015
Progress and Problems: Government Scientists Report on Scientific Integrity at Four Agencies
Union of Concerned Scientists: October 2015
Clean Power, Clear Savings: The EPA Clean Power Plan Will Cut State Electricity Bills
Public Citizen: July 2015
A Comprehensive Analysis of the Employment Impacts of the EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan
Economic Policy Institute: June 2015
EPA Must Protect Drinking Water and Downstream Communities from Power Plant Pollution
Sierra Club: June 2015
A Carbon Tax and the Clean Power Plan Would Work Together to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Center for American Progress: June 2015
Gasping for Support: Implementation of Tougher Air Quality Standards Will Require New Funds for State Agencies
Center for Effective Government: May 2015
With Fossil Fuels the Focus of Its First 100 Days, the New Congress Has No Results to Show
Center for American Progress: April 2015
The Business Case for Rethinking Fracking
American Sustainable Business Council: January 2015
EPA’s New Soot Rule Will Save Lives, Health Care Costs, and the Environment
Center for Effective Government: January 2013
No Movement on Coal Ash Protections Despite Mounting Evidence of Danger
Center for Effective Government: October 2012
The Price of Pollution Politics: Eight Companies Attacking Clean Air Standards…and the Toll on America’s Health
Natural Resources Defense Council: June 2012
Macroeconomic Effects of Regulatory Changes in Economies with Large Output Gaps: The ‘Toxics Rule’ as an Example
Economic Policy Institute: March 2012
The ‘Toxics Rule’ and Jobs:The Job-Creation Potential of the EPA’s New Rule on Toxic Power-Plant Emissions
Economic Policy Institute: February 2012
The Combined Effect of the Obama EPA Rules
Economic Policy Institute: September 2011
A Lifesaver, Not a Job Killer: EPA’s Proposed “Air Toxics Rule” Is No Threat to Job Growth
Economic Policy Institute: June 2011
Tallying Up the Impact of New EPA Rules
Economic Policy Institute: May 2011
Wall Street and Banking
White Collar Crime Pays
Public Citizen: July 2020
Making the Fed Rescue Serve Everyone in the Aftermath of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Center for American Progress: May 2020
Bank Capital and the Coronavirus Crisis
Center for American Progress: May 2020
A Year of Failing Consumers: In First Year on the Job, Kraninger Put Industry Demands Ahead of Consumer Concerns
Allied Progress: December 2019
Climate Change Threatens the Stability of the Financial System
Center for American Progress: November 2019
Strengthening the Regulation and Oversight of Shadow Banks
Center for American Progress: July 2019
Tailoring Banking Regulations to Accelerate the Next Crisis
Center for American Progress: May 2019
Positioned to Protect: How State and Local Authorities Can Fill the CFPB Void
U.S. PIRG: December 2018
Enabling Unlawfulness: One Year After The Tie-Breaking Vote That Killed CFPB’s Arbitration Rule
National Association of Consumer Advocates: October 2018
Debt Collectors: CFPB Data Reveal Consumer Complaints by Company
U.S. PIRG: June 2018
Shining a Light on Consumer Problems: The Case for Public Access to the CFPB’s Financial Complaints Database
U.S. PIRG: June 2018
Worst Corporate Conduct of 2017
American Association for Justice: December 2017
Resisting Financial Deregulation: Progressive Banking Policies to Strengthen—Not Slash—Financial Reform
Center for American Progress: December 2017
Older Consumers in the Financial Marketplace
U.S. PIRG: October 2017
Deregulating AIG Was a Mistake
Center for American Progress: October 2017
Hedge Funds and Systemic Risk Missing from the FSOC’s Agenda
Center for American Progress: September 2017
President Trump’s Dangerous CHOICE
Center for American Progress: April 2017
An Analysis of the House Republicans’ Plan to Dismantle Financial Reform
Center for American Progress: April 2017
Communities of Color Cannot Afford a Weakened CFPB
Center for American Progress: March 2017
Big Banks, Big Overdraft Fees
U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group: December 2016
The Limitations of Monetary Policy as a Financial Stability Tool
Center for American Progress: December 2016
Where They Stand on Financial Reform: Votes Cast in the 114th Congress
Americans for Financial Reform Advocacy Fund: October 2016
Too Big: The Mega-Banks Are Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Jail, and Too Big to Manage
Public Citizen: June 2016
Undermining the FSOC: Chamber Seeks to Roll Back Regulations On Massive Nonbank Financial Institutions
Public Citizen / U.S. Chamber Watch: January 2016
Undermining the CFPB: Chamber Seeks Light Regulation of Credit Cards by Limiting Powers of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Public Citizen / U.S. Chamber Watch: December 2015
Undermining Dodd-Frank: A Critical Review of the 2015 “Fix. Add. Replace. (FAR)” Agenda of the Center for Capital Market Competitiveness at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Public Citizen / U.S. Chamber Watch: December 2015
Banking Conduct and Culture: A Call for Sustained and Comprehensive Reform (Article)
Group of Thirty: July 2015
Dodd-Frank Is Five: And Still Not Allowed Out of the House
Public Citizen: July 2015
Mortgages and Mortgage Complaints: The CFPB’s Consumer Complaint Database Gets Real Results for Victims of Mortgage Problems
U.S. PIRG Education Fund: July 2015
Americans for Financial Reform Response to American Action Forum Study on Costs of Dodd-Frank Act
Americans for Financial Reform: May 2015
The Rollback of the Dodd-Frank Act & Financial Deregulation
Demos: March 2015
Derivatives: Innovation in the Era of Financial Regulation
Demos: June 2013
Cracks in the Pipeline: High Frequency Trading
Demos: March 2013
Cracks in the Pipeline: Restoring Efficiency to Wall Street and Value to Main Street
Demos: December 2012
Forgotten Lessons of Deregulation: Rolling Back Dodd-Frank’s Derivatives Rules Would Repeat a Mistake That Led to the Financial Crisis
Public Citizen: May 2012
Global Trade
International Regulatory Cooperation and the Public Good: How “Good Regulatory Practices” in Trade Agreements Erode Protections for the Environment, Public Health, Workers and Consumers
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: May 2019
NAFTA at 25: Promises vs. Reality
Public Citizen: December 2018
Dealmaking Leads to Broken Promises and Lost Elections: Lessons from Past Trade Votes
Public Citizen: June 2015
TAFTA/TTIP and Consumer Concerns: Access to Knowledge and Health
Knowledge Ecology International: December 2013
Local Foods and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: December 2013
Fighting the Transatlantic Corporate Bill of Rights: European Resistance Against the Proposed Investment Provisions in TTIP/TAFTA
Corporate Europe Observatory: December 2013
Global Government Surveillance Reform
Center for Digital Democracy: December 2013
Top 10 Threats of the Trans-Atlantic Trade Deal to Americans’ Daily Lives
Public Citizen: November 2013
Regulatory Harmonization: A Critical New Front in the Battle for Sensible Safeguards
Public Citizen: April 2013
Harmonization, Preemption, or Regulatory Convergence Will Result in Decreased Consumer and Worker Welfare
U.S. PIRG: April 2013
Brewing Storm Over ISDR Clouds Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks
Public Citizen: January 2013